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West Ham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table XXX.

Notifications of puerperal fever and puerperal pyrexia

PeriodPuerperal feverPuerperal pyrexia
CasesRemoved toCasesRemoved to
No.RatehospitalNo.Ratehospital
No.Per cent.No.Per cent.
1896-1900671.5334.48
1901-1905831.78910.84
1906-1910651.461929.23
1911-1915591.353661.02
1916-1920611.612439.34
1921-1925611.604167.21
1926-19301013.316564.3629612.4116656.08
1931-1935612.555183.612309.6014161.30
192180.97562.50----
1922121.51325.00-
1923162.051487.50-
1924152.081386.67-_
1925101.43660.00
1926202.981365.00--_--
1927172.841694.127011.683651.43
1928274.431762.969415.414648.94
1929172.851058.826410.744367.19
1930203.45945.006811.734160.29
1931142.571178.576311.553758.73
1932142.731178.57479.162859.57
1933153.281386.67265.692076.92
1934102.24880.004610.282963.04
193581.858100.004811.102756.25
1936173.921588.244410.153375.00
193740.924100.007517.315573.33

* The rates are given per 1,000 live births up to and including 1927. From 1928
onwards they are per 1,000 total (i.e. live and still) births.
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