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Wandsworth 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases.
Malaria.
Five cases were notified. No death occurred.
Dysentery.
One case of Dysentery was notified and one death occurred.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
41 cases were notified and the following Table shows the
effect of the disease on the vision, according to whether the
cases were treated at hospital or at home.
TABLE XVI.
| Result of Treatment. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recovered— Vision not affected. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Died. | |
| Treatment received:— | ||||
| In Hospital | 20 | — | — | 1 |
| At Hospital, Out-patient | 5 | — | — | — |
| At home | 15 | — | — | — |
| Total | 40 | — | — | 1 |
40 of the cases recovered without any impairment of vision,
one case died from Enteritis and Stomatitis.
Measles.
There was no epidemic of Measles during 1931. The number
of cases brought to my notice during the year October 1st, 1930,
to September 30th, 1931, was 295. The majority of these cases
were reported by teachers at the elementary schools, and in
arriving at this figure seven cases, which proved after investigation
not to be suffering from Measles, are excluded.
Two of the cases died during the calendar year.