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PUERPERAL PYREXIA
Twentytwo cases of Puerperal Pyrexia were notified during
1948. The notifications were received from the following
sources:—
Maternity Hospital 19
Hospitals outside the area 3
The Puerperal Pyrexia rate for 1948 was 10.40 per 1,000
births as compared with 10.99 in 1947. Mortality due to puerperal
sepsis was nil.
The Registrar-General has issued the following rates with regard
co the notification of Puerperal Pyrexia. The Walthamstow rates
are set out in comparison.
Per 1,000 live and still births.
Puerperal Puerperal
Area. Fever. Pyrexia.
England and Wales 6.89
126 County Boroughs and Great
Towns, including London 8.90
148 Smaller Towns (25,000 to
50,000 population) 4.71
London Administrative County 0.61 7.34
Walthamstow 10.4
* Including Puerperal Fever.
The notifications and rates for Walthamstow for the past five
years have been as follows:-
Per 1,000 Total Births (live and still)
Puerperal Pyrexia
Year. No. Rate.
1948 22 10.40
1947 30 10.99
1946 33 12.62
1945 32 18.08
1944 28 14.23
The rates have been high because of the strictness of
notification at the Maternity Hospital, i.e., cases are notified which
in other areas would probably not be notified, especially in
domiciliary practice.