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Influenza
During the year two deaths from influenza were recorded,
both of which were males. The previous year two deaths were
registered.
Prevention of Blindness
By an arrangement with the London County Council cases
of ophthalmia neonatorum can be treated at Whiteoaks Hospital,
Swanley Junction, Kent.
Blind children are looked after by the Surrey Voluntary
Association for the Blind.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
During the year no cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were
notified.
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 fairly accurate estimate of the
prevalence of non-notifiable infectious disease, such as chicken
pox, mumps, etc. The numbers so notified were as follows:—
Chicken pox 146
Mumps 130
Impetigo 3
Jaundice —
Rubella 19
Ringworm 4
Cancer.
The number of deaths from cancer registered during the year
was 103, of which 58 were males and 45 were females.
Cancer is mainly a disease of the digestive system, with the
exception of its preference for the generative system in females,