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One death occurred in a child of 5 years from BronchoPneumonia.
She had previously been operated on for Mastoiditis.
Enteric Fever.—Two cases were admitted. One gave a positive
Widal test for B. Typhosus and the other for B. Paratyphosus B.
Both were mild cases, and made satisfactory recoveries without
any complications.
Puerperal Fever.—Five cases notified as Puerperal Fever were
admitted. Two of these died—one of Septicaemia with a Septic
Broncho-Pneumonia, one of General Peritonitis, in spite of laparotomy
being performed by Dr. Everard Williams. Both were
haemolytic streptococcal infections. Of the remaining three, one
developed General Peritonitis and recovered after laparotomy had
been performed by Dr. Everard Williams. Of the remaining two
cases, one had pyelonephritis (of B. Coli infection), the other had
Septicaemic symptoms but a sterile blood culture, but both showed
haemolytic streptococci on cultures of cervical swabs.
One case of Puerperal Pyrexia was admitted. She was suffering
from a suppurative bursitis of the right prepatellar bursa. She
made a good recovery.
Diphtheria.—The 290 cases admitted to hospital were distributed
among the following age groups:—
Under 1 Year. 1—5. 5—15. 15—25. 25—35. 35—45. Over 45.
2 48 205 16 11 5 3