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PUERPERAL EEVER AND PUERPERAL
PYREXIA.
Thirteen cases of Puerperal Fever were reported
during the year, but in one case the diagnosis was not
confirmed. Three of the patients were treated in the
North Western Hospital, three in the London Hospital,
two in the Mothers' Hospital, and four in Bethnal
Green Hospital, and one case was treated at home.
There were four deaths from the disease.
Nine cases were notified as Puerperal Pyrexia.
One of the patients was treated in the Mothers' Hospital,
Clapton, one in the London Hospital, and the
remaining seven cases in the Bethnal Green Hospital.
Three mothers had nursing assistance in respect of
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Twenty-two notifications of Ophthalmia Neonatorum
were received during the year, fifteen of these
notifications coming from public medical officers either
of the Borough Council, Board of Guardians or London
County Council. One case was removed to and treated
in the St. Margaret's Hospital, while nine other cases
received out-patient treatment at hospitals. The
remaining cases were treated at home. Six cases
received nursing attention at home from the Shoreditch
and Bethnal Green District Nursing Association, the
Borough Council paying part of the cost: 204 visits
being paid by the nurses of the Association. In every
case the condition was cured without any apparent
impairment of vision.
Very special attention is given to this serious ailment.
Every case is very carefully watched by the