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123
Zymotic Enteritis.—Notifiable June-September.
(Whole Borough).
Notifications received (Patients under 5 years) 67
Under 1 year (see feeding below) 30
1 to 2 years 19
2 to 3 years 9
3 to 4 years 7
4 to 5 years 2
Died before notification received 3
Visited 67
Treated in hospitals 7
Of the 30 cases of Zymotic Enteritis under 1 year of age which were
notified, 5 died. All were hand-fed. The remaining 25 were fed as
follows:—Breast-fed, 10; mixed feeding, 6; hand-fed, 9.
Home Nursing.
By arrangement with the Nursing Associations nursing is provided
(with the consent of the practitioner attending a patient) and paid for by
the Council at the rate of 1s. 3d. per visit, in cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum,
Measles, Whooping Cough, Pneumonia, Zymotic Enteritis,
Pemphigus, Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
The following is a summary of visits paid by Nurses during 1932:—
(This table refers to the whole Borough.)
E.L.N.S.
St. John
Divine.
St. Mildred's
District
Nurse.
Totals.
Cases
Visits.
Oph. Neon.
Cases
9
1
10
-
Visits
180
—
7
—
187
Measles
Cases Under 5
14
4
3
21
—
5-10
1
1
2
—
Visits Under 5
206
42
13
261
5-10
9
10
—
—
19
Pneumonia
Cases Under 5
16
5
2
23
—
5-10
7
1
8
—
Visits Under 5
250
87
45
382
5-10
165
10
——
—
175
Pemphigus
Cases
Visits
3
52
—
—
3
52
WhoopingCough
Cases Under 5
1
1
Visits Under 5
18
—
—
—
18
Zymotic
Enteritis
Cases
6
6
Visits
104
—
—
—
104
Puerperal
Pyrexia
Cases
2
1
3
Visits
18
—
11
—
29
Totals
Cases
59
11
7
77
Visits
1002
149
76
1227