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Diphtheria Antitoxin.—Boxes containing a Sterile Antitoxin syringe, and the necessary
dressings, etc., are kept at the Hounslow Police Station so as to be available in case of emergency.
During 1937, 9 vials of Antitoxin of 8000 units each were supplied to medical practitioners.
Smallpox.—No cases were notified during the year 1937.
Enteric Fever.—Six cases were notified. Five were notified from the West Middlesex
Hospital, and four were not usually resident in this district.
Erysipelas.—Forty-five cases of this disease were notified, of whom 31 were of cases in the
West Middlesex Hospital. Twenty-six were non-residents in this district.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—(See page 62).
Puerperal Fever.—Twenty-one cases were notified. Eighteen of these cases were notified
from the West Middlesex Hospital, of whom 14 were not usually resident in this district. Two
cases confined at home were removed to Queen Charlotte's Isolation Hospital with which
Hospital we have an agreement, for treatment, and made a good recovery. One case was confined
in a Nursing Home and removed to Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
Two deaths occurred from Puerperal Sepsis. As from 1st October, 1937, all cases of
Puerperal Fever became notifiable as Puerperal Pyrexia.
Puerperal Pyrexia.—Sixty-two cases were notified; 61 of these were notified from the
West Middlesex Hospital, including 41 who were not usually resident in this district. One case
was confined at home and removed to Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
Encephalitis Lethargica.—No cases were notified during the year 1937.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.—Five cases were notified; four of these were notified from the
West Middlesex County Hospital, all being non-resident in this district.
Acute Poliomyelitis.—Three cases were notified. Two cases were removed to the West
Middlesex Hospital for treatment.
Pneumonia.—There were 124 cases notified—77 notifications were from the West
Middlesex Hospital. Sixty-five were non-resident in this district.

Upon receipt of information of the existence of a case, inquiry is made by a School Nurse
to obtain all necessary facts.
Measles.—Reference has been made to the progress of the use of measles serum in my
valedictory remarks at the beginning of this report (pages 9 and 10).
Influenza.—There were thirty-eight deaths from Influenza during the year, the mortality
being 0.38 per 1,000 of the population.
Cleansing of Verminous Persons.—Particulars are asked for as to the facilities available
in the district for the cleansing and disinfection of verminous persons and their belongings.
Neither the Education Authority nor the Sanitary Authority possesses a Cleansing Station.
See also pages (24 and 25).
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