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During the year 24 samples of blood from patients suspected to
be suffering from typhoid fever were examined, and in 13 cases the
blood was found to give the reaction known as "Widal's," indicating
that in these cases typhoid was present. In the remainder the results
were negative.
Typhus.—No case of typhus was notified in Hackney during 1904.
Continued Fever.—During the year three cases were notified under
this name. There was one death ascribed to continued fever during
the same period.
Puerperal Fever.—The notifications of puerperal fever numbered
23 during 1904, of which 7 were removed to hospital. The deaths numbered
11, which is equal to a mortality rate of 47.7 per cent, on the number
notified. The attack rate is 3.7 per 1,000 births and the mortality
1-7 per 1,000 births.
Plague.—No case of this disease was notified in the Borough during
1904.

The deaths numbered 11. This is equal to a mortality rate of 41 per
1,000 cases and .05 per 1,000 living.
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