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48.
Fifty-one cases were notified under the Regulations
in 1928 compared with 28 during 1927. The regulations
came into operation on 1st October, 1926.
Puerperal Fever (Puerperal Sepsis) —Sixteen cases
were notified during 1928, compared with 16, 15, 21 and
26 during the four preceding years. The incidence in
1928 was equivalent to 6.7 per 1,000 registered births.
There were five deaths from puerperal fever in
Fulham in 1928 compared with 2, 3, 4 and 4 deaths
during the four preceding years.
During the year Mr. Alexander Galletly, the Council's
obstetric specialist, was called in in consultation in
eight cases of Puerperal Pyrexia or Puerperal Fever.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum (a purulent discharge from
the eyes of an infant commencing within twenty-one days
of the date of its birth).
Thirty-eight cases were notified during 1928 compared
with 33 in 1927 and 29 in 1926. The case-rate per
1,000 registered births for 1928 works out at 15.9. Six
of the infants affected were treated in hospital.
All cases are visited by the Health Visitors in order
to ensure that the treatment, which is so necessary to
prevent impairment of vision or blindness, is carried out.