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PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
Two cases of Puerperal Fever and six cases of Puerperal Pyrexia
were notified during the year. Details of these cases are set out in the
following table :—

The notifications of puerperal fever and puerperal pyrexia during the
past two years were as follows:—
Puerperal Fever. Puerperal Pyrexia
1939 2 10
1940 2 6
With the sanction of the Ministry of Health the Borough Council
has made arrangements for the services of a skilled obstetric consultant
in puerperal cases and in cases of difficult labour, when desired by
the medical practitioner in attendance. One case required consultation
during the year Arrangements have also been made for the utilization
of the emergency obstetrical service of the London County Council.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Under the Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Regulations, 1926,
the duty of notifying a case of Ophthalmia Neonatorum is placed solely
upon the medical practitioner in attendance. This disease is defined as
a purulent discharge from the eyes of an infant, commencing within
twenty-one days from the date of its birth.
Three cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified during the year
As required by the Ministry of Health, particulars of the notified cases
are set out in the following table :—

cases of the disease wer£ notified in the previous year.