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Six of the cases notified were removed to hospital for
treatment. Three of these patients were treated in the
Kingston and District Hospital, two cases were treated at
the Borough of Wimbledon Isolation Hospital, and the
remaining case at the Clapham Maternity Hospital.
No death from puerperal sepsis occurred.
During the previous year there were two deaths from
this cause.
In accordance with the Public Health (Notification of
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926.
the Council have appointed an obstetric physician to act as
consultant in this area. Facilities are also available for
bacteriological diagnosis. Hospital treatment is provided
for at the following institutions:—
(i) the Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital Isolation
Block, Hammersmith;
(ii) the Borough of Wimbledon Isolation Hospital; and
(iii) the Kingston and District Hospital.
The arrangements with Queen Charlotte's Hospital were
made towards the end of the year.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. —Four cases of ophthalmia
neonatorum were notified. In three of the cases, at the
request of the Public Health Department, the District Nursing
Association provided the necessary nursing assistance in
the homes. The fourth case, which was very slight, occurred
in an Institution.
No impairment of vision resulted.
Malaria.— No notifications of this disease were received.
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