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were visited at their homes, their rooms (or houses) and
clothes disinfected, and their other patients (being attended
at the time) followed up and watched for periods varying
from 2 to 3 weeks each as required. Two Midwives were
cautioned, but in no instance was it found necessary to take
legal action against any Midwife, during 1910.
In London, during 1910, there were registered 152 deaths
(uncorrected) out of a total of 292 cases of Puerperal Fever
notified (uncorrected), giving a case mortalitv of 52.1 per
cent, (uncorrected).
ERYSIPELAS.
During 1910, in the Borough of Lambeth, 192 cases of
Erysipelas were notified, and 9 deaths registered, giving a
case-mortality of 4.7 per cent. Of the 192 cases 72 (i.e.,
37.5 per cent.) were removed to Hospital, and of these 72
cases, 47 (i.e., 65.3 per cent.) came from the Inner, and 25
(i.e., 34.7 per cent.) from the Outer Districts. The yearly
averages for the 10 years (1891-1900) in the Parish of Lambeth
are (1) notified cases, 347; and (2) deaths, 17.5.
In London, during 1910, there were registered 130 deaths
(uncorrected) out of a total of 3982 cases of Erysipelas notified
(uncorrected), giving a case-mortality of 3.3 per cent,
(uncorrected).
The advantages from the notification of Erysipelas are
few, and the majority of cases notified as Erysipelas are
not such as were contemplated by the framers of the
Notification Act.
The details as to the incidence of the two diseases, Puerperal
Fever and Erysipelas, in the different New Registration
Sub-Districts of Lambeth Borough during 1910 are
as follow :—
*Including puerperal septicæmia 135, puerperal pyæmia 5 and " puerperal
fever," 12.