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Puerperal Fever.
Two cases were notified, both attended by doctors and trained
nurses. Neither patient was removed to hospital. One case proved
fatal.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Eleven cases were notified. One case was removed to the
Infirmary. Of the remainder, in 8 cases both eyes were affected, and
in two cases one eye only.
Of these 10 cases, one was removed from the Borough, and the
remaining 9 made a complete recovery. As regards the nursing of the
children, in 8 of the cases the services of the Nurses of the District
Nursing Associations were utilised. One case as stated above was
removed to the Infirmary, and the child who was removed from the
Borough was attending an ophthalmic hospital.
Measles and German Measles.
Compulsory notification of Measles and 'German Measles, which
came into operation on January 1st, 1916, was rescinded at the end of
1919, by the Public Health (Measles and German Measles) Regulations,
1915, Rescission Order, 1919.
In communicating the effect of this Order to the local medical
profession, their attention was drawn to the arrangements made by the
Borough Council whereby the services of a fully trained nurse supplied
by the District Nursing Associations are available in suitable cases;
and also to the possibility of patients being removed to hospitals should
the home condi'ions preclude their being properly isolated and nursed.
During 1919, 650 cases of Measles and 172 cases of German
Measles were notified. In 1918 the figures were 460 and 114
respectively. Five deaths occurred from Measles in 1919, as compared
with one death in 1918.
The age periods of the persons attacked are shown in the Table
on page 44.
In 196 oases of Measles and 2 of German Measles a nurse was
supplied at the cost of the Borough Council. 24 cases of Measles and
4 cases of German Measles were removed to hospital.