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Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
Puerperal Fever—number of cases notified, 27. Case rate, .04.
Puerperal Pyrexia—number of cases notified, 94. Case rate, .15.
For England and Wales Case rate for Puerperal Fever, .06.
Puerperal Pyrexia, .14.
Of the 27 Puerperal Fever cases, 3 were notified twice, and
2 occurred in women confined in, but not ordinarily resident, in the
Borough.
Similarly, of the 94 Puerperal Pyrexia cases, 4 were notified
twice, and 14 occurred in women confined in, but not ordinarily
resident in the Borough.
A full enquiry was made by the Health v lsitors in every case
where the patient was resident in the Borough, the results of
these enquiries are set out in the following tables :—