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The total number of patients immunised or found by test to
be immune is 145, out of a total of 249 patients who have attended
during the year (58.2 per cent.). Since the opening of the clinic
612 patients have attended, and of these 393 have been immunised
or found immune by test (64.2 per cent.).
Acute Polio-Myelitis and Polio-Encephalitis.
There was only one case of Acute Polio-Myelitis notified in
Battersea during 1930, the patient being a boy of 2 years. Two
other cases of Polio-Myelitis, not in the acute stage, were reported.
No death was recorded from the disease.
At the end of the year there were 25 chronic cases under observation,
23 having been notified or reported prior to 1930. Of
these 25 cases, 19 were under 5 years of age when first brought
under observation.
When last visited 3 were reported well, 3 were in hospital,
1 under convalescent treatment, and 14 were receiving out-patient
treatment.
Of the remaining 4 cases, 1 was reported to be limping slightly
and 2 to be still wearing instruments.
One case of Acute Polio-Encephalitis was notified during 1930,
the patient being a girl aged 17 months. The case was fatal and
the notification was made after post-mortem examination.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
There were 9 cases of Puerperal Fever notified in Battersea
during 1930 as compared with 4 cases in 1929, 7 in 1928, 9 in 1927,
and 12 in 1926. There were 4 deaths from the disease, including
an un-notified case occurring in St. James's Hospital, in which the
cause of death, after post-mortem examination, was found to be
Sepsis following abortion. The number of notified cases per 1,000
births was 3.39, as compared with 1.53 in 1929, 2.55 in 1928,
3.21 in 1927, and 4.04 in 1926.
The case mortality was 40.0 per cent. of all cases, notified or
reported, and the death-rate per 1,000 births was 1.5.
There were 295 cases of Puerperal Fever notified in London
and 2,547 in England and Wales during 1930.
The number of cases of Puerperal Pyrexia notified in Battersea
during 1930 was 20, and the incidence per 1,000 births was 7.54.
There were 761 cases of Puerperal Pyrexia notified in London
and 5,605 in England and Wales during the year.