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Eight of the cases were removed to hospital.
There was no death from typhoid fever in the Borough last
year.
During the year 26 specimens of blood from persons suspected
to be suffering from enteric fever were submitted to Widal's test.
All gave a negative reaction. One specimen of faeces was examined
with a negative result.
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 6 cases of puerperal fever
notified during 1932; 5 of these were removed to hospital. The
deaths from puerperal septicaemia numbered 3. The attack-rate
for the year was 1.86 per 1,000 total births, and the death-rate
0.93 per 1,000 total births. The attack-rate in England and Wales
was 3.3.
Puerperal Pyrexia.—During the year 84 cases were notified.
Seventy-eight cases were removed to hospital. The attack-rate was
26.03 per 1,000 total births, as compared with 8.5 in England and
Wales. The higher incidence of puerperal pyrexia in Hackney as
compared with the country as a whole is due in large measure to
the allocation to this Borough of cases occurring among unmarried
women having no permanent address, who are admitted for confinement
to the Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital, Clapton, from
Rescue Homes in the Borough.
The services of the Council's Consultant Obstetricians were
utilised by general practitioners on two occasions during the year.
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 124 cases of erysipelas notified during
1932. This is equal to an attack-rate of 0.58 per 1,000 inhabitants
compared with 0.36 for England and Wales. Of the 124 cases
notified, 101 were removed to hospital.
There were 14 deaths certified to be due to erysipelas.