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From the above table, it will be seen that all the cases recovered without any injury to sight.
Puerperal Fever.—During the year, four cases of this disease were notified. Three were
confined at home, subsequently removed to Queen Charlotte's Hospital and recovered; one was
confined at home, subsequently removed to the North-Western Fever Hospital and recovered.
Puerperal Pyrexia.—Twenty cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified during the year. Nine
occurred in hospitals to which the patients had been removed prior to their confinements, and
11 in the homes of the patients. Of the 11 confined at home, seven were subsequently removed
to hospital for treatment, whilst the remaining four received attention in their own homes.
None of the notified cases of puerperal pyrexia proved fatal.
In 1926, the Ministry of Health issued the Public Health (Notification of Puerperal Fever
and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926, which provide for the more complete notification of
all cases of puerperal fever and puerperal pyrexia. In connection with these regulations, the
Minister of Health issued Circular 722, which suggested that notification should be supplemented,
when necessary, by facilities for assistance in diagnosis and for the treatment of patients who
are not able to secure adequate treatment for themselves.
The council have appointed Dr. A. Morris Johns, a consultant at Queen Charlotte's Hospital,
to the position of consulting gynaecologist and obstetrician and, in addition, Dr. Morris Johns from
the 1st January to the 30th June conducted the confidential enquiry into each maternal death
occurring in Kensington, which the Minister of Health has requested the borough council to carry
out. For these services, Dr. Morris Johns receives a fee of three guineas in respect of each case
attended by him on behalf of the council as consultant gynaecologist or obstetrician and one guinea
for each enquiry into a maternal death. Since the 1st July, however, the council's ante-natal
medical officer has conducted the enquiries into maternal deaths.
Malaria.—Two cases of this disease were notified during the year, and investigations revealed
that in each case the disease had been contracted abroad.
Encephalitis Lethargica.—In 1934, there were two cases reported in Kensington. The patients
were males aged 25 and 13 years respectively. The cases were notified on the 22nd February and
12th September, and both are still under treatment.
Poliomyelitis and Polio-Encephalitis.—Two cases of poliomyelitis or polio-encephalitis were
notified to the public health department during the year. One was an adult aged 35 years and
the other a child aged 5 years. The former died and the latter recovered.

Pneumonia and Influenzal Pneumonia.—There are many forms of pneumonia but the oniy
kinds notifiable are acute primary pneumonia and influenzal pneumonia. One hundred and