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INCIDENCE OF PUERPERAL FEVER AND
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
During the past five years four cases of Puerperal
Fever have been notified, two of these cases proving fatal.
Careful inquiries are made when notifications of this
disease are received. The movement of the nurse in
attendance is controlled, especially as regards her attendance
at other maternity cases. Facilities for the disinfection
of the nurses clothes are provided, and the premises
are thoroughly disinfected at the termination of the
illness.
During the same period only two cases of Ophthalmia
Neonatorum have been notified. In each case the
patient recovered and the vision was unimpaired.
In conclusion, gentlemen, I beg to express my thanksfor
the support you have afforded me at all times in the
discharge of my duties ; my thanks are also due to the
Sanitary Inspector for his very efficient services, to the
nurses, and the band of voluntary workers who assist at
the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, to the Surveyor
for details relating to the erection of new houses, scavenging
and sewage disposal, and meteorological statistics,
etc., to Dr. Tchaykovsky for the report on the work at
the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, College Road,
Harrow, to the Clerk of the Hendon Board of Guardians
for information relating to Poor Law expenditure, and
to Mr, Bryant, your Clerk, for his kind help on many
occasions.
I am, Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
R. P. BLUETT, M.C.,
Medical Officer of Health.