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Amount of grant.
Where total income after deduction of
rent is in excess of scale of remission by not
more than—
£ s. d.
5 0 18s. per week.
10 0 15s.
15 0 12s.
10 0 9s.
15 0 6s.
1 10 0 3s.
(d) That the stipulation of ten hours attendance at the
home daily be not insisted upon, providing that the work is
carried out to the satisfaction of the Health Visitor, who must
be granted access to the home at all convenient times.
(e) That payment by the Council be conditional on the
receipt of a satisfactory report from the Health Visitor.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Of the 21 cases of puerperal pyrexia notified during the year,
19 were Leyton residents.
The causes of pyrexia were considered to be:—
Pyelitis 6
Puerperal septicaemia 1
Subacute bacterial endocarditis 1 (died)
Influenzal septicaemia 1
Influenza 1
Following Cæsarean section 1
Local uterine sepsis 3
Mastitis 2
Retained placenta 1
Parametritis 1
Abortion 1
Cause not known 2
The only fatality was the case of subacute endocarditis of
which the circumstances are described in detail under the heading
of " Obstetric Consultant."