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(c) Puerperal Pyrexia, etc.
22 cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified, compared with 8
in 1925. 11 of the cases proved fatal. The increase in the
number of cases of puerperal pyrexia was dependent on the more
extended and more precise definition of the conditions laid clown
by the Ministry of Health during the vear in regard to the
question of notification.
18 deaths occurred from other maternal accidents and diseases
of pregnancy or parturition, as against 8 in 1925.
11 cases notified as suffering from puerperal fever were
admitted to the Borough Hospital for treatment during the year.
(d) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
20 cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified, as compared
with 22 in 1925. 13 of these occurred in the practice of
midwives, the remainder in that of medical practitioners.
The following table gives details of the condition of the
eyesight of these children at the end of the year: —
Still
Cases Treated Vision Vision Total attending
At In
Notified. Home. Hospital, paired, paired. ness. Deaths, pital. Removed.
20 13 7 14 1 — 2 2 1
(e) Still-births.
106 still-births were notified during the year, or 3.4 per cent.
of the total notifications of births.
3.—THE INFANT AND THE YOUNG CHILD.
(a) Notification of Births.
3,050 notifications of live births were received during the
year out of a total of 3,569 registered, so that 85.5 per cent. of the
births were notified. 27 per cent. of The notifications were made
by medical practitioners, 57 per cent. by midwives, and 16 per
cent. by relatives, etc. Of the 3,569 children born alive, 1,803
were boys and 1,766 girls.
(b) Home Visits Under the Notification of Births Act.
During the year the health visitors paid 3,735 first visits and
7,149 subsequent visits to children under the age of 12 months;
and 997 first visits and 11,456 subsequent visits to children
between the ages of 12 months and 5 years; a total of 23,337
visits, as against 19,868 in 1925.
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