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Various persons had visited the house, but no further case arose.
It eventually turned out from the report of the Medical Officer
of Health of East Ham that the boys in the family of a contact in
that area "appeared to have had a mild attack of smallpox, judging
from the scars present and their distribution. The first case was
two months ago, and was called chickenpox by the medical man in
attendance."
Enteric Fever.
There were 7 cases notified during the year, the majority of
which were Para-typhoid B.
Erysipelas.
Forty-three cases of this disease were notified, of whom 29 were
of cases in the West Middlesex Hospital Eighteen were non-residents
in this district.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
See page 1.10.
Puerperal Fever.
Twelve cases of this disease were notified; 5 of these were notified
from the West Middlesex Hospital. In two of these cases the
patients had been notified as suffering from Puerperal Pyrexia before
admission. Two of the cases notified from this Hospital were
not resident in this district.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Eleven cases were notified; 5 of these were notified from the West
Middlesex Hospital, including 3 who were not usually resident in
this district. Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia are conditions which
give rise at times to anxiety. In one small outbreak of Pyrexia, a
nurse from a Home in the district appeared implicated. She was
swabbed and haemolytic steptococci obtained, and she was kept off
duty until she was reported free. Similarly, in the case of one of
the doctors who had three unsatisfactory cases, he was swabbed and
haemolytic steptococci obtained. He gave up midwifery practice,
and eventually went away for a period until he was free.