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arrived at in the Isolation Hospital to which the patient had been
removed as suffering from Puerperal Pyrexia.
Five deaths from the disease were registered, namely, the
4 unnotified cases mentioned above, and 1 notified case. Of these
deaths, 3 occurred in St. James's Hospital and 2 in the Isolation
Hospitals of. the London County Council.
The number of notified cases per 1,000 births was 2.42, as
compared with 3.39 in 1930, 1.53 in 1929, 2.55 in 1928, and 3.21
in 1927.
The case-mortality was 50 per cent. of all cases, notified or
reported, and the death-rate per 1,000 births was 2.02.
There were 297 cases of Puerperal Fever notified in London
and 2,339 in England and Wales during 1931.
The number of cases of Puerperal Pyrexia notified in Battersea
during 1931 was 25, and the incidence per 1,000 births was 10.09.
There were 829 cases of Puerperal Pyrexia notified in London
and 5,742 in England and Wales during the year.
Under the provisions of the Public Health (Notification of
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926, the
Council have appointed a consultant to assist medical practitioners
in the diagnosis of these diseases, and have provided facilities for the
examination of lochia or specimens from patients, and for the nursing
of cases where required. Hospital accommodation is provided by
the London County Council in their isolation hospitals.
Enteric Fever.
During 1931 four cases of Enteric Fever were notified in
Battersea. Two other cases notified were subsequently cancelled,
the diagnosis not being confirmed at hospital. There was one death
from this disease during the year. The case had been notified and
removed to hospital, death occurring 18 days later.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
During 1931 three cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever were notified
in Battersea, and there were two deaths from the disease, both
patients dying in hospital.
The death in one case was not registered in Battersea, the
patients' family having removed from the Borough during his
absence in hospital.
Encephalitis Lethargica.
Two notifications of this disease were received during 1931,
but both were subsequently cancelled, in one case the diagnosis
not being confirmed on removal of the patient to hospital, and the
second case not being notified in the acute stage.