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PNEUMONIA.
The number of cases notified was 22, compared with
32 and 21 for the last two years.
PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
Comment on these diseases will be found under Section
B of the Report (Maternity and Child Welfare, Sub-Section
b), on page 13.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
A Health Visitor is instructed to visit immediately upon
notification, and inquire into the circumstances of the case.
Cases notified during 1937.
Notified.
Treated
At Home.
In Hospital.
Vision
unimpaired
Vision
impaired.
Total
Blindness.
Deaths.
3 2 1 2 — — —
One case remained under treatment on 31st December
1937.
Arrangements have been made with the London
County Council for the reception and treatment of cases
of Ophthalmia Neonatorum from the Borough at St.
Margaret's Hospital, Kentish Town, N.W. 5.
Application for the admission of cases to be made by
the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough, who will
arrange for the conveyance of patients to and from the
Hospital.
The charge is to be at the rate of 10s. per patient per
day.
One case was sent to the Hospital under this scheme
during the year.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
One case was notified during the year, and occurred
in a girl aged 15 years. The patient was admitted to the
Surrey County Hospital, and died three days after admission.
ANTERIOR POLIOMYELITIS.
Two cases were notified during the year. Both
received hospital treatment, and made good recoveries.