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Every means were adopted to prevent the spread of the
disease, removal to hospital being insisted upon in all cases,
except thirty-two, where proper isolation was found possible
in the patients' homes. After all the cases, the bedding,&c., was
disinfected by steam, the rooms fumigated, and the drains flushed,
and such other methods adopted as circumstances suggested.
Puerperal Fever.
Fourteen cases of Puerperal Fever were notified during
the year, the patients being removed to the Infirmary in four
instances. Six deaths were recorded, representing a mortality
of 1.1 per thousand accouchements during the year, based upon
the number of births registered, with a reasonable allowance
for multiple births. In addition to the usual measures adopted