View report page

Parish of Streatham.
87
continued Fever One case of Continued Fever occurred during
the year from which the patient recovered.
This disease is a kind of low fever and of uncertain
origin.
puerperal Fever From Puerperal Fever four cases were
notified, the whole of them being treated
at their homes. No fatal cases were recorded. In all
cases the names of the nurses in attendance were
ascertained, and they were cautioned as to attending
any further midwifery cases for a period of at least
six weeks. The disease is clearly of a preventible
character, being due to septic poisoning from want of
absolute cleanliness. In view, however, of the fact
that 1,546 births took place during the year the
proportion of puerperal cases is very small.
The occurrence of cases of Bubonic Plascue
Plague.
at Glasgow, and other isolated parts of this
country, has resulted in much agitation amongst those
responsible for the public health, and elaborate
precautions have been generally adopted for preventing
the spread of the disease and immediately dealing with
outbreaks. In September last, by an order of the
Local Government Board, the disease was made compulsorily
notifiable, and subject to such regulations, &c.,
as apply to those infectious diseases included in section
62 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. The
London County Council has provided accommodation
for keeping suspicious cases under observation, and for
the bacteriological examination of suspected matter,
and the Metropolitan Asylums Board has made the
necessary arrangements for treating cases Fortunately
none have occurred in this part and the danger of
such seems rapidly to be diminishing, nevertheless it
behoves those responsible for such to continue to adopt
every precaution.