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The London County Council arranges courses of instruction for nurses of
this kind during the winter months, and it is very desirable that these classes
should be more widely known and taken advantage of.
Puerperal Fever. —There have been 20 cases of Puerperal Fever notified in
St. Pancras during 19102.
The proportion of Doctors, Midwives, and Prof' ssional Assistants attending
these confinements were as follows :—
Doctors' cases 8
Midwives' cases 4
Professional Assistants' cases 7
Confinement in hospital 1
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Fourteen cases were removed to hospital or infirmary, 12 recovered, 8 died.
In every case I made an inquiry on the day of the receipt of the notification,
and arranged fur the disinfection of the patient's bed on her removal or
recovery.
With regard to Puerperal Fever and Ophthalmia Neonatorum cases, we
have co-operated with the lady Inspectors of the London County Council with
good effect.
Although there has been a great reduction in the number of deaths due to
Epidemic Diarrhoea, and some reduction in those due to Respiratory Diseases,
further work remains to be done. The percentage of deaths due to prematurity
and debility is still large, and we are carefully considering this problem as
occasion permits, in order to suggest any further possible action for the
prevention of mortality from these causes.
Celia Smith.