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Pneumonia.
Thirty-nine notifications of pneumonia were received. All
cases notified were visited by the District Nurses, under the arrangement
made between the Council and the Wood Green Charity
Trustees, and an offer of nursing assistance made. In many of the
cases this ofler was accepted, but in the majority of cases, the
patient was removed to hospital.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
Four cases of puerperal fever were notified. One of these was
removed to hospital where she unfortunately died. Two of the
other cases occurred in hospital and the fourth at home. All three
made good recoveries
Twelve cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified, no fewer than
eleven of these cases occurring in hospital.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Four cases of this disease were notified, three of them from
hospital. In all four cases recovery occurred without any damage
to vision.
Non-Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
The following is a statement of the numbers of cases of nonnotifiable
infectious diseases reported to me during the year by the
head teachers of the elementary schools.
Chickenpox 112
Measles 66
Mumps 220
Whooping Cough 118
Skin Infections 28
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