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Chelsea 1944
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1944
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PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
TABLE No. 46.
| Total number of cases notified. | Treatment in Hospital. | District Nurses in attendance | Council's Obstetrician called in. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerperal Fever. | |||||
| 1939 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1940 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 1941 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1942 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 1943 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1944 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pucerperal Pyrexia. | |||||
| 1939 | 10 | 8 | — | — | 1* |
| 1940 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1941 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| 1942 | 4 | 4 | - | • | - |
| 1943 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - |
| 1944 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - |
• Non-Parishioner, Died in a Chelsea Hospital,
upon the medical practitioner in attendance. This disease is defined as
a purulent discharge from the eyes of an infant, commencing within
twentv-one davs from the date of its birth.
TABLE No. 47. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
| YEAR. | Cases. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Left District. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Notified. | Treated. | |||||||
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||||
| 1939 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 1940 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 1941 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 1942 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 1943 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 1944 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 1945 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 1946 | 4 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - |