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Ophthalmia Neonatorum
During the year one 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: —
Chicken pox 54
Mumps 49
Ringworm 1
Rubella 15
Influenza 38
Glandular fever 1
Cancer
The number of deaths from cancer registered during the year
was 145, of which 79 were males and 66 females. This compares
with 144 in 1960.
The trend for England and Wales is continuing upwards.