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Encephalitis Lethargica
No case was notified during the year.
Erysipelas
Twenty-five cases were notified. Six cases were removed to
hospital.
Puerperal Pyrexia
Six cases were notified during the year.
Pneumonia
Forty cases of primary pneumonia were notified during the
year. The number of deaths from all forms of pneumonia, some
of which are not notifiable, was 20, of which 14 were males and
6 females.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
One case occurred during 1946, and there was no death.
Influenza
During the year six deaths from influenza were recorded, of
which two were males and four females. 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 two 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.