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Pneumonia, Malaria and. Dysentery.
Pneumonia. There were 72 cases of pneumonia notified as
compared with 68 for the previous year. The number of
deaths recorded from this disease was 33.
Malaria. No case of malaria was notified during the year.
Dysentery. No case of dysentery was notified during the year.
Acute Poliomyelitis, Acute Polio-encephalitis.
No cases of acute poliomyelitis or acute polioencephalitis
were notified during the year.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
The following table shows the number of cases
notified and result of treatment:-
Year
Cases
notfd.
Cases Treated '
Vision
Unimpaired.
Vision
impaired.
Total
Blindness
.
Deaths.
At home
In hosp
1939
7
7
Nil
7
.
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-
-
Puerperal Pyrexia.
The Puerperal Pyrexia Regulations 1939 came into
force on the 1st April, 1939, and superseded the Public Health
(Notification of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations,
1926 and 1928. Eight cases of puerperal pyrexia
were notified during the year. Two were treated in the West
Middlesex County Hospital and two in Queen Charlotte's Maternity
Hospital. There were no deaths.
Enteric Fever.
Two cases of paratyphoid were notified, one of
which was admitted to Hospital. No deaths from this disease
were recorded during the year.
Measles and Whooping; Cough.
The Measles and Whooping Cough Regulations 1939
came into operation in October, 1939, and provided for the
notification of all cases of measles and whooping cough by
medical practitioners to Medical Officers of Health.
Since the Regulations came into force, only two
cases of whooping cough were notified. The deaths from
measles and whooping cough during the year were one and seven
respectively.
(b) NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Diseases under this heading include chicken-pox,
mumps and, up to October, 1939, measles and whooping cough.
The number of cases thought to be suffering from these
diseases brought to our notice by the Head Teachers during
the year were as follows:-
Chicken-pox 66
Measles 17
Mumps 3
Who oping cough 102
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