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20
deaths, including one occurring in a nursing home
outside London. Of the cases notified, 30 were removed
to an isolation hospital or to the Fulham Infirmary.
The incidence of puerperal fever was again
greater in Fulham than in any Metropolitan borough.
In addition to those from septicaemia, 7 deaths
were due to other accidents and diseases of pregnancy
and parturition.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—40 infants were notified
as suffering from ophthalmia. Nine were treated
in hospital or infirmary, and 7 who required special
attention were referred to the Fulham District Nursing
Association.
The results of the notified cases were as under:—
Sight unimpaired 30
No information available 6
Died from other causes 4
40
Diarrhoea.—There was again but little diarrhoea in
the borough, and only 52 cases were notified against
83 in 1919, and there were 36 deaths against 44.
Whooping Cough.—This disease, though below the
average, was more prevalent than in 1919, and caused
17 deaths, against 4 in that year.
Measles.—Measles was prevalent throughout the
borough during the first six months of the year, and
942 cases were notified, with 24 deaths, 18 being of
children under 5 years of age.
Provision of Nursing Assistance.—An agreement has
been entered into by the Council with the Fulham
District Nursing Association under which the Association
agrees to provide, when requested, the necessary
nurses for those suffering from measles, whooping
cough, diarrhoea, puerperal fever, pneumonia and
influenza, and the Council has undertaken to pay to
the Association 1s. for each visit paid.