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PUERPERAL FEVER, PUERPERAL PYREXIA AND
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Comment on these diseases will be found in the Maternity
and Child Welfare Section of this report, on page 22.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Cases of Tuberculosis notified in the Borough come
under the administrative control of the Surrey County
Council.
Every effort is made to assist the County Medical
Officer and Tuberculosis Officer in their activities in the area.
No cases have arisen during the year in which any
action became necessary under either the Public Health
(Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or the Public
Health Act, 1925, Section 62.
Disinfection of premises is carried out in all cases of
death or when patients are admitted to hospital or sanatorium.
NON-NOTIFIABLE CASES OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASE.
Information with regard to these diseases is furnished
by the School Nurses, Health Visitors, School Attendance
Officers and Teachers.
There were small outbreaks of Chickenpox at Richmond
Road and St. Peter's Infants' Schools during the early
months of the year.
Measles was prevalent in the Borough from February
until June, affecting many infants' departments of the
elementary schools, and 4 deaths were attributed to this
disease during the year.
As regards Influenza, there was nothing in the nature
of an epidemic, and only 5 deaths were attributed to this
disease.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Two centres, one at the Y.M.C.A. Hall, Eden Street,
and the other at St. Peter's Hall, Washington Road, are
maintained by the Town Council.