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Puerperal Fever.
No. of Cases recorded 1899 7 1898 5 1897 7
„ Deaths „ „ 5 ,, 4 „ 2
Fatality 71.4 „ 80.0 „ 28.5
Mortality* „ 0.06 „ 0.05 „ 0.02
* Per 1,000 females of all ages.
The deaths returned during the year as due to
puerperal fever numbered 5, all from North Paddington.
The corrected average for the decennium was
also 5, including one death to St. John's District
where no fatal case was recorded last year. The
mortality calculated per 1,000 persons of all ages was
0.04, a trifle above the decennial mean rate (0 03).
In North Paddington, the mortality was 0.05, and the
decennial mean rate 0.04. In South Paddington
the decennial mean rate was 0.02.
In considering the subject of fatality of childbirth
it is desirable to add to the deaths certified as due to
puerperal fever those which are classed under "Diseases
of Parturition." The combined total for the
past year was 7, compared with averages of 13, 13,
and 12 for the decennium and first and second quinquennia.
All the deaths from these causes during
last year occurred among residents in North Paddington,
the total (7) being below each of the corresponding
averages—10, 11, and 10. In South Paddington
the averages were 3,2, and 2. There was, therefore,
some diminution in the mortality during the year.