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Cause of Pyrexia.
Number
of Cases.
Mastitis
2
Cracked nipples
1
Uterine infection following miscarriage
2
*Suppurative pylonephritis, pelvic cellulitis, the result of
obstructed labour. (The cause of the pyrexia was: (a) the
patient inflicted injuries with her nails upon herself: (b) there
was some degree of injury due to impaction to the vaginal wall
1
B. Coli infection
2
Influenza
1
Septic laceration
2
Puerperal pyelitis, B. coli infection
1
Sapraemia
1
Cause unknown
1
*This case had a fatal termination.
Six of the cases were treated at the Isolation Hospital, 3 at
King George Hospital, 2 at the Council's Maternity Home, 2 at
home, and 1 at Claybury Mental Hospital (this case proving fatal).
All the remaining patients recovered satisfactorily.
2. Zymotic Diseases.—The deaths registered were as
follows:—
Smallpox —
Measles —
Scarlet Fever 1
Whooping Cough 4
Diphtheria and Croup 4
Enteric Fever —
Diarrhoea 6