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Nursing. The Council made arrangements in 1920 for the
home nursing of patients suffering from this disease. During
1922, 8 cases were nursed at home at a total cost to the Council
of £9 10s. Od. The number of visits paid by nurses was 190.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Eleven cases of puerperal fever were notified during the
year, and 11 were treated in hospital—4 being in hospitals
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, 4 in Poor Law Institutions,
and 3 in voluntary hospitals. Three deaths occurred.
ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS.
Thirty-one cases of zymotic enteritis were notified compared
with 451 in 1921. The quarterly incidence and deaths for
each quarter were as shown below.
Quarter. Cases. Deaths.
First 0 2
Second 4 2
Third 19 3
Fourth 8 2
31 9
OTHER NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
No cases of smallpox occurred, and no special comment is
required on the incidence of enteric fever, whooping cough,
erysipelas, or cerebro-spinal meningitis and poliomyelitis.
The number of cases of each of these diseases is shown in
Table No. 21, and is below the average of preceding years.