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provision should be made in the Asylums Board Hospitals for reception
of patients suffering from erysipelas and puerperal fever, on conditions
similar to those attaching to the reception of fever, smallpox and
diphtheria patients. Legislation would be necessary to effect this, and
the Local Government Board were asked to include it in one of their
omnibus bills, or otherwise.
The average numbers of cases notified in London are 200 to 300 cases
of puerperal fever, and 4,000 to 5,000 of erysipelas each year, but many
cases would not require to be removed.
The Public Health and Housing Committee recommended the
Council—That the action of the Battersea Borough Council in the matter
be supported.
Errors in Diagnosis.
In giving the above numbers of notifications, no deductions have
been made for the following cases, which it will be seen developed other
diseases, either shortly after admission or after being in the hospital some
time, whilst the list also shows that some patients removed to the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's hospitals, after being detained in those institutions
some days, were returned home certified as not suffering from the
complaint or any other notifiable disease.