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Fulham 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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notified as Puerperal Fever after admission to hospital
The incidence per thousand births (live and stillbirths)
was equivalent to 1G.8 while that for England and Wales
was equal to 8.5.
The services of Mr. Alexander Galletly are available
for the purpose of consultation with private doctors in
cases of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
During the year 28 cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum
were notified compared with 17 during the previous year
giving an attack rate of 13.1 per thousand of the
registered live births.
Through an arrangement between the Borough
Council and the District Nursing Association, the
services of the District Nurses are available for cases
which are under medical treatment in their own homes.
During 1932, 49 visits were paid to four such cases.
Details regarding the results of the seventeen cases notified during 1932 are given below :
| Cases Notified. | Treated. | Vision. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | Left the Borough. | Still receiving treatment. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital. | Impaired. | Unimpaired. | |||||
| 28 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 15 | — | 2 | 8 | 1 |
General.
The Leaflets "Advice on the Occurrence of
Infectious Disease" have now been rewritten. They are
given to occupiers of houses when a case of notifiable
infectious disease occurs in the house.
Special leaflets giving instructions regarding
preventive measures are handed to householders on the
occurrence of acute Polio-myelitis and Cerebro-spinal
fever.