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During the year 35 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 11 cases of puerperal fever notified
during 1929; all the cases were removed to hospital. The deaths
from puerperal fever and septicaemia numbered 10. The attack-rate
for the year was 3.2 per 1,000 births, and the death-rate 2.9 per 1,000
births.
Maternal Deaths.—Puerperal sepsis, 7; septic abortion, 3;
haemorrhage following placenta praevia, 2; eclampsia of pregnancy,
1; concealed ante-partum haemorrhage, 1; pregnancy and parturition,
1.
Puerperal Pyrexia.—(The Public Health (Notification of
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, Dated 31st
July, 1926).
During the year 52 cases were notified. Forty-seven cases were
removed to hospital. The attack-rate was 15.2 per 1,000 births.
Lady Florence Barrett, M.D., M.S., attended as Consultant to two
cases, and Dr. Margaret Basden, M.D., F.R.C.S., to one case.
Plague.—There were no notifications of plague in the Borough
during the year.
Cholera.—There were no notifications of cholera in the Borough
during the year.
Erysipelas.—There were 64 cases of erysipelas notified during
1929. This is equal to an attack-rate of 0.29 per 1,000 inhabitants,
compared with 0.45 for England and Wales. Of the 64 cases notified,
34 were removed to hospital.
There were 6 deaths certified to be due to erysipelas.