View report page

47
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
There were no cases of ophthalmia neonatorum during 1962.
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 211
Mumps 3
Ringworm —
Rubella 212
Influenza 28
Glandular fever 4
Cancer
The number of deaths from cancer registered during the year
declined slighdy to 142, of which 85 were males and 57 females. This
compares with 145 in 1961.
The trend for England and Wales is continuing upwards.
The site distribution for 1962 was as follows: —
Stomach 15 cases
Respiratory organs 49 „
Breast 20 „
Genito-urinary organs 4 „
Other sites 54 „
Total 142