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Ophthalmia Neonatorum
There was again no case reported of this infectious inflammation of the
eyes in the new-born. The prompt prophylactic use of the newer anti-biotic
and chemo-therapeutic agents has reduced the occurrence of this potentially
sight destroying condition to negligible proportions.
Puerperal Pyrexia
The extensive maternity accommodation provided in Carshalton
hospitals which serve a large area of Metropolitan Surrey naturally provide
the majority of the notifications received under the Puerperal Pyrexia
Regulations. It should be remembered that this notification requirement
covers every rise of temperature of 2° in women following childbirth or
miscarriage, from whatever cause and is not an indication of the extent to
which infection of the genital tract occurs during childbirth.
A total of 192 cases was notified, of which only two were of women
confined at home. The remaining 190 were hospital deliveries. Of the total
41 were Carshalton mothers.
Food Poisoning
Two cases of food poisoning were reported both from food infected
with salmonella typhimurium.
One was an isolated case of a housewife who, alone among her household
of four, suffered in this way. As is so often the experience with single
cases, there was no indication as to the vehicle of infection. The second
case was a local resident who, with approximately 200 other individuals,
was infected at a social function in a London Borough.
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