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Cerebro-Spinal Fever
Two cases occurred during 1938, and both patients unfortunately
died.
Influenza
During the year six deaths from influenza were recorded.
Four were males and two females. The previous year 15 deaths
were registered.
Prevention of Blindness
By an arrangement with the London County Council cases
of ophthalmia neonatorum can be treated at St. Margaret's
Hospital, Kentish Town.
Blind children are looked after by the Surrey Voluntary
Association for the Blind.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
During the year three cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were
notified:—
Treated.
Cases , Vision Vision Total
Notified. At home. In hospital. Unimpaired. Impaired. Blindness Deaths
3 nil. 3 3 nil. nil. nil.
School Notifications
The school intimation notices of infectious disease are always
compared with the notifications received from the medical
practitioners. If any case on the school return is found to be
unnotified, investigations are made in order to find out if the
patient is receiving medical attention.
The school notices also give a fairly accurate estimate of
the prevalence of non-notifiable infectious disease, such as
chicken pox, measles, mumps, etc. The numbers so notified
are reported on under various diseases mentioned later in this
report.
Cancer
The number of deaths from cancer registered during the year
was 103, of which 50 were males and 53 were females, as compared
with 76 deaths last year.