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Enteric Fever.—Three cases coming under this heading were
notified during the year. One was a young woman, 17 years of
age, who became ill while travelling from India ; the second was
a woman, 41 years of age, who became ill after a holiday in the
country ; while in the third case, a man 43 years of age, the only
suggested cause of the illness was water cress, of which he had
partaken on several occasions. None of these cases proved fatal.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.—Three cases of
puerperal fever were notified during the year, one occurring in the
Chiswick and Ealing Maternity Hospital, one at a private nursing
home and the other following an abortion. None of these cases
proved fatal. Three deaths from puerperal sepsis were assigned
to the Borough, but these all occurred in institutions outside the
district.
The number of cases of puerperal pyrexia notified during the
year is much less than in previous years, this being mainly due to the
alteration which took place in the borough boundaries. From the
1st April the Maternity Hospital came within the area of the Borough
of Brentford and Chiswick, to which have to be notified all
cases of notifiable infectious disease occurring in the institution.
Of the 14 cases, eight occurred in the patient's own home, two in
private nursing homes, two in the Maternity Hospital (prior to
the alteration of boundaries), and three in Queen Charlotte's
Hospital.
Pneumonia.—Notifications were received of 72 cases of
pneumonia and of 17 cases of influenzal pneumonia. The numbers
of deaths registered from these two causes were 69 from pneumonia
and 4 from influenzal pneumonia. Many of the deaths occurred
in institutions outside Ealing and consequently notifications were
not received regarding these cases.
Malaria.—One case of malaria was notified during the year,
this being a woman 40 years of age, who had come from Singapore
and who was staying in Ealing for a short period. She had had
several attacks of the disease while in Singapore.