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Erysipelas.
119 cases of Erysipelas were notified, as compared with 152
cases in 1912. One death occurred.
I am still of opinion that a large number of cases notified as
Erysipelas should not be, such as Alveolar Abscess, Inflamed
Eczema, etc.
Puerperal Fever.
Eight cases of this disease were notified, with one death.
This disease is becoming much less common, with the increasing
knowledge of hygienic conditions and greater care exercised during
the lying-in period and supervision of midwives under the
Midwives Act.
Cerebro-Spinal Fever and Acute Polio-Myelitis.
The Local Government Board desire full particulars of every
case of these diseases which has occurred in the Borough
during 1913.
Six cases of Cerebro-Spinal Fever (Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis)
were notified, with four deaths.
This disease is very fatal, and there is no doubt that the two
recovered cases were not genuine cases of the disease.
A child 11 months of age had Infantile Convulsions, which
was thought to be Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis at the time notified,
and the other recovered case was of the same family as another
child notified as Poliomyelitis.
Two cases were admitted into the cubicles at the Isolation
Hospital, but death occurred a short time after admission.
Two other cases were not notified until after death. In no
case was it possible to verify the diagnosis by post-mortem
examination or bacteriologically by lumbar-puncture, owing to
objection by the parents.