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It is not possible to show the attack-rates per 1,000 persons under
15 years of age, as the records do not give the information as to the
housing conditions of the population coming within this age period.
Chicken-pox.— The Council on the recommendation of the Public
Health Committee ordered that the provisions of Sec. 55 of the Public
Health (London) Act with respect to infectious disease should apply in
the Borough to the disease known as Chicken-pox, and that the order
should remain in force for a period of six months from 25th May.
During this period 249 cases were notified by medical
practitioners.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever.— During the year under consideration,
14 cases of enteric fever were notified. This shows an increase of
four on the number of genuine cases notified during 1926. The attack
rate was 0.06 per 1,000 inhabitants, compared with 0.09 for England
and Wales.
Thirteen cases were removed to hospital.

There was one death from enteric fever in the Borough last year.
During the year 21 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 10 cases of puerperal fever notified
during 1927; all the cases were removed to hospital. The deaths
from puerperal fever and septicaemia numbered 6. The attack-rate
for the year was 2.8 per 1,000 births, and the death-rate 1.7 per
1,000 births.
Puerperal Pyrexia.— (The Public Health (Notification of
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, Dated 31st
July, 1926.)