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Midwives' Act, 1902.
The supervision of the midwives practising in the
district is carried out under the direction of the County
Medical Officer of Health.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
In Table II will be found a summary of the notifications
received during the year under the provisions of the Infectious
Diseases (Notification) Acts and the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations.
There have been no cases of small-pox, enteric fever or
puerperal fever.
Scarlet Fever.
Forty-six cases were notified: of these forty-two were
treated in the Council's Isolation Hospital and one at a
London Hospital; the latter case occurring while the patient
was in hospital for an operation.
Of the forty-six cases, twenty-two occurred in Hampton
and twenty-four in Hampton Hill. It is interesting to note
that twenty-two of these cases occurred in seven houses.
A small outbreak occurred during September and
October, twenty cases being notified in the two months,
mainly among scholars attending the Hampton Hill Schools.
I visited the school during the outbreak and with the
County Medical Officer made an inspection of the children
with a view to the discovery of any missed cases.
Prompt measures were taken to prevent the spread of
infection and the class room in which the majority of the
cases occurred was disinfected.