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10 Sanitary Administration of the District.
taken over by the County Council, provision has been made for
nursing such cases in the District Council's Isolation Hospital.
Year. Cases Notified.
1915 6
1916 1
1917 0
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
This disease is usually caused by the child's eyes becoming
infected during birth by venereal disease of the mother, and is a
serious and frequent cause of blindness. It needs both urgent and
energetic treatment to be of any success.
Three cases were notified in 1917 and one in 1916. Two of
these were imported.
POLIO-MYELITIS.
No cases notified. We were warned, however, of an outbreak
in the Esher and Epsom districts.
Of the
NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES,
Chicken-pox, Mumps, Whooping-cough, have been prevalent among
children, and in one infant school the attendance was so reduced
by the two former diseases and the heating arrangements were
unsatisfactory, so that the department was closed ten days prior to
the end of the term.
DIPHTHERIA.
This disease has shown no prevalence during 1917; 28 cases
were notified, and of these 27 were removed to the Isolation
Hospital. The only death was a child brought in dying, who only
survived a few hours. One case was imported.
Antitoxin is always given at the earliest opportunity, and was
frequently given by the medical attendant before admission.
There was one case of mixed Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria,
who though very ill at first made a good recovery.
There were no return cases after discharge.
Year. Cases Notified. Deaths.
1914 57 0
1915 41 0
1916 34 1
1917 28 1