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Enteric Fever.
Three cases were notified, but one, after observation at the
Isolation Hospital, proved to be appendicitis, and was removed
to the Passmore Edwards' Hospital for operation
One patient, aged 21, was employed in a munition factory in
an adjacent district, while the second, aged 55, had been visiting
her soldier son in Hospital with "Nephritis," but no source of
infection could be traced in either case.
I am glad to report that both patients made good recoveries
in the Isolation Hospital.
Puerperal Fever.
One case was reported in the Town Hall Ward.
The patient was confined of a still-born child, only a relative
being present at the birth.
Maternity and Child Welfare.
It was found necessary, owing to the increase in the numbers
attending the White Hart Lane Centre, to open an additional Child
Welfare Centre in more convenient and commodious premises.
These were found at the Congregational Hall, Lordship Lane,
which is fairly central for the Noel Park land the Southern part
of the Town Hall and the Central Wards. From the figures given
below I am sure the Council will agree that this was absolutely
necessary, and has more than justified the extra accommodation
provided.
I again take the opportunity of calling attention to the work
of the voluntary helpers at the Child Welfare Centres, and to
their regular attendance thereat. Without their assistance it
would have been impossible to deal with the numbers of mothers
who avail themselves of the Centres,