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Puerperal Pyrexia
No case was notified during the year.
Pneumonia
Twenty-four 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 27, of which 15 were males and 12
females.
Meningococcal Infections
None was notified during the year.
Influenza
During the year ten deaths were recorded, six more than the
year before. There was a pandemic of influenza type A which started
in the Far East in the early part of the year reaching this country in
the autumn. It was called Asian flu and was fortunately of a mild
type causing few deaths. It was, however, of such a wide-spread
nature that at some schools up to 50 per cent. of the pupils were
absent.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
During the year no case of ophthalmia neonatorum was notified.
Prevention of Blindness
This comes under the control of the Surrey County Council.
School Notifications
The school intimation notices of infectious disease are
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 information of the prevalence of
non-notifiable infectious disease, such as chicken pox, mumps, etc.
The numbers were as follows: —