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Three of the eases notified were removed to the Queen
Charlotte's Maternity Hospital Isolation Block, Hammersmith,
for treatment. All these patients made good recoveries.
There was 110 death from puerperal sepsis amongst the
seven patients notified under the Regulations.
During the previous year there was one death from
puerperal sepsis, equal to a mortality rate of 1.47 per
thousand of the total births.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever.—Two cases of cerebro-spinal fever
occurred. One was a child who had been admitted from
Wimbledon into the Kingston and District Hospital, and was
notified subsequently as a case of cerebro-spinal meningitis.
This patient died. The second case, which was transferred
to the Infectious Diseases Hospital as a case of encephalitis
lethargica from a general hospital, was found after admission
to be suffering from cerebro-spinal meningitis. This case
also terminated fatally.
Encephalitis Lethargica.—There were 110 cases of encephalitis
lethargica among Wimbledon residents in 1933.
Malaria, Dysentery, etc.—No cases of malaria or of
dysentery were notified.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—Three cases of ophthalmia
neonatorum were notified. Particulars regarding these cases
are given in the section dealing with Maternity and Child
Welfare.
Erysipelas.—Notifications were received in respect of
twenty-nine cases of erysipelas. In all but ten instances these
were nursed at home. Six patients requiring removal were
sent into the Kingston and District Hospital for treatment,
and four into the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Gap Road.
There was one death, which gives a death rate of 0.01
per thousand of the population.
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