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Whooping Cough.—Caused 9 deaths.
Diphtheria.—82 notifications was sent in from following
Wards, viz.:
Town Ward 16 Hill Ward 14
Norbiton ,, 31 Canbury „ 21
64 cases were sent to hospital. 21 were verified by the Clinical
Research Association. 3 deaths occurred.
I cannot trace any local causes to account for these cases,
comparing one Ward with another.
Enteric Fever.—2 cases were notified. Not traced to any
source. No death occurred.
Erysipelas.—32 cases were reported, none of zymotic origin.
Climatic changes accounted for the disease in the aged and infirm.
1 death occurred.
Puerperal Fever.—6 cases were notified. 3 died.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—6 cases notified. Owing to
prompt treatment all made good recovery though in every case
both eyes were involved. 3 oases required hospital treatment.
The others were cared for by our Health Visitors.
Malaria.—The 5 cases notified came from abroad aud were
duly notified to the Ministry of Health. Treatment was carried
out in London hospitals.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.—One case occurred in December
in a female child who caught the disease from the father who had
been under treatment abroad. The child died after a very short
illness. The other persons in the house, four in number, were
kept under medical observation as they had shown signs of the
disease on Clinical Research examination. No other definite case
occurred, and the family spoken of were still under strict
observation at the end of the year.
Rabies, Anthrax and Smallpox.—Did not occur during
1920.
Several "contacts" with Smallpox on board ships coming
from abroad were notified to me at various periods during the
year, and were inspected by me at my office and kept under
observation until certified as fit to go to work or daily duties with
safety to the general public. Re-vaccination had been practiced
in all cases before my interviews.