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70 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Puerperal Fever.
Three deaths occurred, compared with one in 1921. The death
rate was .009 per 1,000, and the case mortality 17 per cent.
There were 17 cases of puerperal fever notified (four inClapham,
two in Putney, five in Streatham, two in Tooting, and four in
Wandsworth). Four were midwives' cases, two were stillborn,
four were miscarriages, and three were born before the doctor or
midwife arrived. Six patients were removed to hospitals and six
to St. James's Infirmary, and five cases occurred in nursing homes.
Five of the cases proved fatal.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
42 cases were notified, of which 10 were in Clapham, two in
Putney, 20 in Streatham, three in Tooting, and seven in Wandsworth.
All the cases were visited. 21 were attended at birth by
midwives, and 15 cases occurred in maternity homes (one in
Clapham, one in Putney, 12 in Streatham, and one in Tooting).
Six cases were treated in hospital as out-patients, 16 as inpatients,
and the remainder were treated at home.
24 cases were notified by midwives. In 10 cases the district
nurse was asked to attend, and 103 visits were made.