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Miss Marx, Brompton Hospital.
Dr. Fenton, Tuberculosis Officer (Dispensary).
Miss Moses, Tuberculosis Dispensary (Social worker in connection with
Dispensary).
Dr. A. W. Sikes, L.C.C.
Dr. Hamer, L.C.C.
Thomas Batey, Esq., L.I. Committee.
F. Handel Booth, Esq., Representative of L.I. Committee.
The representative of the Guardians has resigned. It is hoped that another
may be appointed shortly.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Two cases of this disease were notified in Chelsea in 1919. On inquiry
one of the cases was found not to be a case of this disease. The other
case was a nurse of the Brompton Hospital living in the Hospital Nursing
Home, who eventually made a complete recovery.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.
Three cases of Cerebro-spinal meningitis were notified in Chelsea in
1918, namely, male, 15, male, 4, and female, 8. All the cases were removed
to hospital, and all recovered. In London generally, 205 cases of this
disease were notified, in 1919, as against 231 in 1918.
Polio-Myelitis.
Three cases were notified in 1919 in Chelsea, namely, male, 10, male, 2,
and female, 1. All the cases were removed to hospital, but recoveries
have not as yet been complete, all three children having one or more limbs
partially paralysed. In London 101 cases of polio-myelitis were notified,
as against 50 in 1918.
No cases of polio-encephilitis were notified in Chelsea in 1919.
Puerperal Fever.
Three cases of puerperal fever were notified in Chelsea in 1919, one of
the cases proving fatal. In addition, an unmarried woman of 40 died of
this disease, her case not being notified, and a woman of 21 died of
puerperal eclampsia (convulsions).
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Thirteen cases of this disease were notified in Chelsea in 1919, and an
additional five cases of eye trouble in infants, which were not notified,
were visited, 21 visits in all being made by the Health Visitors. Eight
cases were attended by District Nurses, 263 visits being paid to the homes,
which gives an average of 33 visits per case. Of the 18 cases, 11 made
complete recoveries, 4 made incomplete recoveries, one was left blind
in one eye, and two died of other diseases.
Non-Notifiable Illnesses.
The District Nurses paid 475 visits to homes for whooping cough,
bronchitis, worms, ear and nose discharges, circumcision, septic wounds,
etc., during the course of 1919.