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Puerperal Pyrexia.
During the year, 13 cases were notified to me, 6
of whom I admitted to hospital at Isolation Block of
Queen Charlotte's, Hammersmith, 6 to the County
Hospital, Farn borough, and one was home nursed.
There was one death which occurred in hospital.
Nine of the cases occurred in hospitals or nursing
homes, one was a doctor's case in private attendance,
and three were midwives' cases in domiciliary confinement,
one of which was a municipal case.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Two sporadic cases of Infantile Paralysis occurred
during the year, both now suffering from mild sequelae.
Dysentery.
Sonne's dysentery cases continued into early part of
1938, 12 cases being notified.
Typhoid Fever.
One case notified during the year. This case was a
wild paratyphoid B nursed at home and associated with
a few mild cases in Lewisham. The case made an uneventful
recovery.
Cerebro-spinal Fever.
Two cases notified during the year, both of which
were admitted to hospital. One of the cases was not
confirmed in hospital, being a pneumococcal infection,
and no source of infection could be traced in the
other case.
Measles.
Owing to the epidemic of measles in the early
months of 1938, a special measles nurse was appointed
on March 2nd, and the appointment terminated on
May 21st. The work she did was invaluable, and I am
convinced that it was due to her services that the complications
in this epidemic were kept to a minimum.
Much valuable instruction work was also done. She paid