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47 samples of blood were examined at the Bacteriological
Laboratory during 1913 for the Widal reaction of typhoid,
and, of these, 12 (i.e., 25.1 per cent.) gave the reaction
(slightly marked in 7 cases).
In so far as typhoid fever is regarded as a sanitary index
of a district, the statistics for the Borough during 1913
are of a satisfactory character.
SIMPLE, CONTINUED, RELAPSING AND
TYPHUS FEVERS.
During 1913, 2 cases of continued fever were notified,
but no death from this disease was registered, in the
Borough. One case was removed to hospital. The annual
averages for continued fever for the decennia 1901-10 are
(1) notified cases 4.3, and (2) deaths 0.7.
No case of typhus was notified, and no death from the
disease was registered, during 1913, in the Borough. One
case of typhus was notified in the Borough during the
decennium 1901-10, i.e., annual average of 0.1.
PUERPERAL FEVER
During 1913, in the Borough, 10 deaths were registered
from puerperal fever (a disease of child-bed), and
25 cases notified, giving a case-mortality of 40 per cent.
15 of the cases were removed to hospital, non-pauper as
well as pauper patients being received for treatment and
isolation at the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals under
the new Metropolitan Asylums (Puerperal Fever) Order,
1912 (August 20th).
The annual averages for the two decennia 1891-1900