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certain chosen cases to the doctor in charge of the Light centre at the
Hampstead General Hospital, and the progress and results of these
cases will be watched with much interest.
Puerperal Fever.
1 case was notified, which proved fatal.
The details of the case are as follows:—Single woman, 27 years,
removed to New End Hospital.

5 of the cases were nursed at home, 2 by the District Nurses, 1 by
a Queen Charlotte's Hospital Nurse, and 2 by the Mothers.
Of the 8 cases that occurred, 5 were first children and 3 were
second children. Both eyes were affected in 3 cases and one eye in 5
cases. No permanent injury resulted in any case. In 4 instances the
birth was attended by a doctor and trained nurse; in two instances the
baby was born in hospital, a certified midwife was in charge in 1 case,
and 1 child was brought into the Borough directly after birth in the
country.
Three cases were removed to Hospital.
The cases occurring in recent years were as follows:—1921, 8;
1922, 9; 1923, 1 ; 1924, 7.
Measles.
This disease was made compulsorily notifiable in Hampstead by
the Borough of Hampstead (Measles) Regulations, 1920.
Many of the sections of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
are applied to Measles, this having been effected in 1903 when the
London County Council obtained the approval of the Local Government
Board to include Measles amongst the dangerous infectious
diseases in so far as Sections 60-65, 68-70, 72-74 apply.
During 1925, 293 cases were notified and two deaths occurred, 1 in
Hospital and 1 at home.