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PUERPERAL FEVER.
Eight cases of this complication of childbirth were
reported during the year. Two of the patients were
removed to the London Hospital, three to Bethnal
Green Hospital, and the remaining three cases nursed
at home. There were no deaths from the disease.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Thirty-eight cases of purulent eye-discharge in the
new-born were notified, all by doctors. In every case
the condition was cured without any apparent impair
ment of vision. Ten cases received nursing attention
at home from the Shoreditch and Bethnal Green
District Nursing Association, the Borough Council
paying part of the cost: 205 visits were paid by nurses
of the Association.
Very special attention is given to this serious
ailment. Every case is very carefully watched by the
Health Visitor and her reports most thoroughly scru
tinized, the object being the prevention of any risk of
blindness resulting.