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INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN RELATION TO THIS WORK.
Puerperal Fever.—Nine cases of puerperal fever were
notified during the year, and seven of them were treated in
hospital, three being in hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board and four in Poor Law institutions. Only one death
occurred among the notified cases. This case was notified
on the eighth day after confinement; the patient was then
too ill for removal to hospital, and she died two days later,
the death being certified as due to Puerperal Septicaemia—
cardiac failure. Two cases were notified on the third day
after confinement, one on the fourth and one on the fifth,
two on the sixth, two on the eighth and one on the 14th. Two
deaths occurred which had not been notified previously. In
each case every endeavour is made to secure hospital treatment.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. During the year 31 cases of
ophthalmia neonatorum were notified and 8 cases were
treated in hospital. In tabular form is shewn below, as
required by the Ministry of Health, the result of each case:—

One of the hospital cases was discharged to another address
and was untraced. It will be noticed that there were two
deaths among the notified cases—one from ophthalmia