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Enteric Fever.—Four cases were reported as due to
Enteric Fever, against one case in the previous year. Two
cases were treated at the London County Council Hospitals,
one at the Hammersmith Hospital and one at the home
of the patient. One death was registered.
Erysipelas.—Fifty-one cases were reported as due to
Erysipelas, against forty-eight cases in the previous year.
Sixteen cases were treated at the homes of the patients,
eleven at the Hammersmith Hospital, nine at St. Charles'
Hospital, seven at St. Mary Abbotts Hospital, two at the
London County Council Isolation Hospitals, two at the
West London Hospital, two at St. Stephen's Hospital,
and two at the Fulham Hospital. Sixteen cases were
treated at the homes of the patients.
Typhus Fever.—No case was reported as due to
Typhus Fever, against no case in the previous year.
Relapsing Fever.—No case was reported as due to
Relapsing Fever, against no case in the previous year.
Continued Fever.—No case was reported as due to Continued
Fever, against no case in the previous year.
Puerperal Fever.—Two cases were reported as due to
Puerperal Fever, against five cases in the previous year.
One case was treated at the London County Council Hospital,
and one at Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
Puerperal Pyrexia.—Twenty-nine cases were reported as
due to Puerperal Pyrexia against thirty in the previous
year. Fifteen cases were treated at St. Mary Abbotts Hospital,
four at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, four at Hammersmith
Hospital, three at the London County Council
Hospitals, one at St. Stephen's Hospital, and one in a
Private Nursing Home. One case remained at home.
In one case a medical practitioner availed himself of the
services of the obstetric specialists provided for in the
scheme adopted by the Council in 1926.