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Puerperal Fever.
Of puerperal septicaemia 33 cases were notified, being
more than in any metropolitan borough, except Stepney,
which had the same number. Eight cases proved fatal
or 0.5 per 1,000 births. 26 cases were removed to
Fulham Infirmary and 5 to the Western Fever Hospital.
Erysipelas.
152 cases of erysipelas were notified and 8 deaths
were attributed to the disease.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
55 infants were notified as suffering from ophthalmia,
and 17 were removed to a hospital or the Infirmary, of
whom 2 died. Most of the other cases were of a mild
nature and are reported to have recovered with unimpaired
sight.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
One case was notified from the Infirmary, and the
death was ascribed to posterior basic meningitis, which
may be regarded as the sporadic form of cerebro-spinal
fever. The death of a man aged 45 in Fulham Infirmary
was also certified as due to posterior basic meningitis.

Of the above 715 were notifications of new cases,
551 being of pulmonary, and 164 of other forms of tuberculosis.
The following table gives the ages and sex of
the persons notified.