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Puerperal Pyrexia. Thirty-one cases of Puerperal Pyrexia
were notified, giving a rate of 38.27 per thousand births. Our
rate is high, due mainly to the fact that we have quite a large
maternity unit situated in the area and all cases occurring
there are allocated to our district. Twenty-eight cases were
in fact notified from this particular hospital.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Three eases were notified during
the year; each child made a complete recovery and vision was
unimpaired.
CLEANSING STATION
There was a decrease in the number of attendances at the
Cleansing Station during the year, the total being 9 as compared
with 31 in 1953. The details of the attendances during
the year are as follows:—
Number of cases of Scabies treated 4
Cases of Scabies with concurrent verminous head —
Cases of Scabies with Secondary Septic Skin conditions —
Number of cases of verminous heads only 5
Total number of attendances at the centre 9
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