Pneumococcal Septicæmia During the Puerperium.

Puerperal Infection

“…These facts made one feel that there was some foundation for the theory that organisms present in the throats of attendants might infect the patient. It was in University College Hospital [3] in 1929 that the first case of puerperal infectionl was traced to an organism present in the throat of the medical attendant. The patient was a "district" case and had long labour.…”