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One midwife, reported to the Central Midwives Board, was struck off the
roll in 1919, and ten were cautioned verbally. During that year no uncertified
women were prosecuted by the County Council for acting as midwives, but
16 were verbally cautioned by the Inspector of Midwives, Miss Pollard, who
now has an assistant.
There were in December, 1920, only seven midwives residing and practising
in Edmonton, of whom two are untrained.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
There were 16 cases, all residents, notified during 1920 by 21 notifications;
also one, a Hornsey infant, was notified to me from the Edmonton Infirmary.
Of the 16, six were in Bury Street, five in Fore Street and five in Church
Street Ward.
Two cases were triply notified by three doctors. One case was doubly
notified by two doctors and one by a doctor and a midwife. Of the single
notifications, all were from doctors, except one from a midwife.
Miss Shiner paid 117 visits in connection with these cases; last year she
paid 87 visits to 14 cases.
ERYSIPELAS.
Fifty-four cases were notified, compared with 55 in the previous year; one
occurred amongst residents in the North Middlesex Hospital. There were
three deaths (one an infant) from this cause. No cases were doubly notified.
There were two cases amongst the foreigners in the above hospital, one from
Tottenham and one from Hornsey.
Sixteen cases occurred amongst people who were living in our district outside
the Union Infirmary, and yet unable to provide proper attention for themselves.
Under agreement with the Guardians, my Council received remuneration
for the nurses and dressings provided for those unfortunate persons.
The cases were most numerous in the last quarter of 1920.
PHTHISIS AND OTHER TUBERCULOUS DISEASES.
The deaths from phthisis numbered 68, as compared with 59, 69, and 86
during 1919-18-17. The death-rate from the disease is therefore 0.88 per 1,000,
compared with 0.78 last year. Of these deaths, six occurred among residents