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Chelsea 1941
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1941
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PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
Details of these cases are set out in the
following table :—
TABLE No. 46.
| Total number of cases notified. | Treatment in Hospital. | District Nurses in attendance | Council's Obstetri-cian called in. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerperal fever 1939 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 41 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia 1939 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1* |
| 1940 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1941 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
*
Non-parishioner; died In a Chelsea, hospital.
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 Dractitioner in attendance.
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.
As required by the Ministry of Health, particulars of the notified eases
are set out in the following table :—
TABLE No. 47. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
| Cases. | Vision Un impaired. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Left District. | Deaths. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | No. Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||||
| 1939 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | _ | — | — | — |
| 1940 | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 11941 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — |