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During the year 12 specimens of blood from persons suspected
to be suffering from enteric fever were submitted to Widal's
test. All gave a negative reaction.
Continued Fever.—There were no notifications of continued
fever in the Borough during the year.
Typhus Fever.—There was not any notification of typhus
fever in the Borough during the year.
Puerperal Fever.—There were 30 cases of puerperal fever
notified during 1926; all the cases were removed to hospital. The
deaths from puerperal fever and septicaemia numbered 7. The
attack-rate for the year was 7'6 per 1,000 births, and the deathrate
1-7 per 1,000 births.
Puerperal Pyrexia.—
THE PUBLIC HEALTH (NOTIFICATION OF PUERPERAL
FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA) REGULATIONS,
DATED 31st JULY, 192G.
By making Puerperal Pyrexia notifiable, the medical practitioner
is required to notify to the Medical Officer of Health all cases
in which a high temperature occurs during the puerperium (period
following childbirth).
The Ministry of Health state that the notification of this
disease has been far from complete, and it is hoped that these
Regulations, which are very comprehensive, will permit more
effective measures for treatment.
Pyrexia—or the High Temperature of these Regulations—is
defined as a temperature of 100'4 Fahrenheit or more, sustained
during a period of 24 hours or recurring during that period, in a
woman within 21 days after childbirth or miscarriage. The
Minister of Health consulted the Section of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology of the Royal Society of Medicine in this matter, and
a representative Committee appointed by the Section submitted a
report in February, 1925, upon which the new Regulations are