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Number of Primary Schick Tests :—
Number positive (81.8 per cent.) 442
Number negative (18.2 per cent.) 98
540
Number of Secondary Schick Tests :—
Number positive (1.9 per cent.) 10
Number negative (98.1 per cent.) 511
521
Number of Re-Primary Schick Tests :—
Number positive 2
Number negative 2
— 4
Number of Re-Secondary Schick Tests :—
Number positive —
Number negative 4
— 4
Number of Certificates issued 566
(c) Puerperal Fever and, Puerperal Pyrexia.
The Chiswick and Ealing Maternity Hospital being situated
within the Borough boundaries, all cases of the above diseases
occurring there are notified to me.
Of the two cases of Puerperal Fever notified, both occurred
in private houses and were removed to hospital for treatment.
Of the 14 cases of Puerperal Pyrexia notified, 10 occurred
in the Council's Maternity Hospital, the home addresses of seven
of these being in the Borough of Ealing.
Three deaths occurred from Puerperal Sepsis, but all
occurred outside the Borough. (Vide Note on Maternal
Deaths, page 24).
(d) Pneumonia.
Fifty-five cases of Pneumonia and Influenzal Pneumonia
were notified under the Regulations of 1927. Definite information
of those receiving hospital treatment, however, is not
available.