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The total number of patients immunised or found by test to
be immune is 135, out of a total of 273 patients who have attended
since the clinic was opened (49.5 per cent.).
Acute Polio-Myelitis.
There was only one case of Acute Polio-Myelitis notified in
Battersea during 1928. No death was recorded from the disease.

At the end of the year there were 29 cases under observation,
26 having been notified or reported prior to 1928. Of these 29
cases, 26 were under 5 years of age when first brought under observation.
When last visited 5 were reported well, 6 were in hospital,
1 under convalescent treatment, and 14 were undergoing outpatient
treatment.
Of the remaining 3 cases, 1 was reported to be limping slightly
and 2 were reported to be still wearing instruments.
Acute Polio-Encephalitis.
No case of this disease was notified during 1928.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
There were 7 cases of Puerperal Fever notified in Battersea
during 1928 as compared with 9 cases in 1927, 12 cases in 1926,
and 6 cases in 1925. There were 3 deaths from the disease. The
number of cases per 1,000 births was 2.55, as compared with
3.21 in 1927, 4.04 in 1926, and 1.88 in 1925. The notified cases
were distributed as follows:—East Battersea, 3; North West
Battersea, 2; South West Battersea, 2.
The case mortality was 42.9 per cent., and the death-rate per
1,000 births was 1.09.
There were 293 cases of Puerperal Fever notified in London
and 2,376 in England and Wales during 1928.
The number of cases of puerperal pyrexia notified during 1928
was 31, and the incidence per 1,000 births was 11.30.