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The second, a male child, aged 5, was notified on
8/5/29, and was removed to Wimbledon Isolation Hospital
on the same day, and died on 23/5/29.
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 18
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 has been little non-notifiable infectious disease
this year, due to the absence of any outbreak of Measles.
Outbreaks of Mumps and Whooping Cough occurred
at Richmond Road School, and Mumps at All Saints' Infants'
School, but apart from these, the Schools enjoyed a
year of remarkable freedom from non-notifiable infectious
diseases.
Twenty-six deaths were certified as being caused by
Influenza.
This higher fatality than of recent years may be attributed
to the severity of the winter weather experienced
during February and early March.
GENERAL PROCEDURE.
It should be mentioned that in cases of notifiable infectious
disease, Laundries, Libraries and Sunday Schools
are notified when concerned.