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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wimbledon 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Puerperal Pyrexia Regulations 1951.
These Regulations came into operation on 1st August, 1951, and
replaced existing Regulations with certain modifications including a
revised definition of puerperal pyrexia. The present condition requiring
to be notified is "any febrile condition occurring in a woman in whom
a temperature of 100.4° Fahrenheit (38° Centigrade) or more has
occurred within fourteen days after childbirth or miscarriage".
Two notifications of puerperal pyrexia were received during the
year.
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