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ENTERIC FEVER.
Six cases were notified, but two of these were sent in
to the Teddington and Hampton Wick Cottage Hospital
from another district where they had contracted the
disease. The other four cases occurred in Teddington.
In three of these the source of infection remained
obscure; in the fourth the eating of oysters was a
possible cause as the patient had partaken of that food.
This was a very severe case and it proved fatal. One
of the cases sent into the hospital from another district
also proved fatal.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Two cases were notified, one in January and the
other in May. Both were attended by the same certified
midwife. I informed the County Medical Officer and he
investigated both cases, which were of a mild type.
Both patients made a quick recovery. When the midwife
had ceased to visit the patients, her premises,
clothes, and bag with contents, were disinfected, and
after taking baths she was allowed to attend other cases.
The death from Puerperal Fever which is registered
in Table IV. was that of a resident of Teddington who
contracted the disease and died outside the district.
DISINFECTION.
Disinfection of rooms occupied by persons suffering
from infectious diseases is carried out after removal of
the patient by means of the Formalin Spray. As we
have no steam disinfecting apparatus, articles of clothing,
bedding, etc., are steeped in a solution of Jeyes'
liquid and are then dried in the open air. Afterwards
they can be washed. In some cases the walls are
stripped and the ceilings whitewashed.