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PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
There were no cases of puerperal fever notified during the year,
but there were nine cases of puerperal pyrexia. Six of these patients
were treated in hospital and all made a complete recovery.
The Council provides the services of a consultant obstetric surgeon
or gynaecologist, and of a nurse where this is requested by the practitioner,
and in addition all forms of bacteriological examination are
also undertaken free of charge.
Facilities No. of Cases
Second Opinions 1
Nursing provided 2
Bacteriological examinations Nil
Admitted to Hospital 6
MEASLES.
The County of London (Measles and Whooping Cough) Regulations,
1938, were amended by new regulations on the 23rd October,
1939, which require all cases of measles and whooping cough to be
notified. Thirty-nine cases of measles were notified, while a further
five cases were reported to me, making a total of 44 cases.
WHOOPING COUGH
The new regulations which require all cases of whooping cough
to be notified came into force on the 23rd October, 1939. Three
hundred and eighty-three cases were notified during the year, while
information regarding 157 other cases reached me from various sources,
making a total of 540 cases during the year. Eighty-seven patients
were removed to hospital, and in nine of these cases the diagnosis was
not confirmed; nursing was provided for seven patients at home.
Two patients died.
ANTHRAX.
One case of anthrax was notified in the borough during the year :
infection was apparently due to horse hides from South America, and
the patient died. The Department also assisted a neighbouring borough
in the investigation of two other cases.