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CONSULTANT.
The services of Mr. Alexander Galletly are available for the purposes of consultation
with private practitioners in cases of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia and also for
difficult obstetric cases. During 1935 he was called in to two cases under the latter heading.
No requests for his services in connection with Puerperal Fever or Puerperal Pyrexia cases
were received during the year.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
During the year 11 cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified, compared with 15
during the previous year, giving an attack rate of 7.5 per thousand of the registered live
births. Through an arrangement between the Borough Council and the District Nursing
Association the services of the District Nurses are available for cases which are under medical
treatment in their own homes. During 1935, 36 visits were paid to two such cases. The
following table shows the place of treatment and the result of the 11 cases.
Cases notified 11
Treated at Home 4
Treated in Hospital 7
Vision Impaired -
Vision Unimpaired 6
Total Blindness -
Deaths 1
Left the Borough 1
Still receiving treatment at the end of the year 3

These visits are paid to ascertain that the children are not suffering from any notifiable
infectious disease and that they are receiving adequate medical and nursing attention.
Information as to the cases is received daily from the Head Teachers of the schools in the
Borough on Form 84.
The table on page 27 shows inter alia the number of non-notifiable infectious disease
cases which were visited by the Fulham District Nursing Association on behalf of the Borough
Council.