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The number notified during the year was 46. Of these three
occurred during domiciliary confinement, two in the War Memorial
Hospital and 41 in the St. Helier Hospital. Fourteen of the total
were residents of Carshalton. All but one received hospital treatment,
and all recovered.
The following is a summary of the chief features of these cases : —
29 were primigravidæ.
18 had uterine infections.
8 had urinary infections.
3 had acute mastitis.
3 had influenza.
2 had tonsillitis (1 followed by septicaemia).
1 had cellulitis following blood transfusion.
2 had diarrhoae—cause unknown.
1 had septicaemia due to anaerobic organism.
1 had bronchial pneumonia following collapse of the lung.
3 had pyrexia of unknown origin.
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