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Non-notifiable Diseases.
Information respecting non-notifiable infectious diseases is
usually gained through notifications by the School Attendance
Officers. The undermentioned table sets forth the numbers of such
cases for the year
Chicken pox 104
Mumps 18
Whooping Cough 37
Upon receipt of information of the existence of a case, inquiry
is made by a Health Visitor to obtain all necessary facts.
The mortality from Influenza was 0069 per 1,000. I am
informed that special inquiry was not made in this district with
regard to the epidemic.
Small-Pox.
No vaccinations were performed by the Medical Officer of
Health under the Public Health (Small-Pox Prevention) Regulations,
1917, during the year under review.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The year has been marked by a great development in the
Maternity and Child Welfare Work in the district. At the
beginning of the year, the new Committee set up under the
Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918, came into operation.
Work at Clinics.
The two Clinics at the Council House and Isleworth Public Hall
have been more adequately furnished with apparatus, including model
sets of infant's and children's garments. Arrangements have been
made with local chemists, on similar terms to those under the
National Insurance Act, for the dispensing of prescriptions given
at the Clinics. Glaxo and Virol have also been placed on sale
at cost price to mothers attending the Clinics. The increasing
popularity of the Centres is shown in the attendances of children
which have risen from 922 in 1916 (first complete year), 1312 in
1917 and 1657 in 1918 to 2299 in 1919.