Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Information Required. | Particulars. |
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(1) No of cases admitted during the year. | 214. |
(2) Average duration of stay | 14 days. |
(3) No of cases delivered by— | |
(a) Midwives | 201. (1 B.B.A.) |
(b) Doctors | 12. |
(4) No. of cases in which Medical Assistance was sought by a Midwife in emergency. | 14. |
(5) No. of cases uotified as— | |
(a) Puerperal fever .. | — |
(b) Puerperal pyrexia (i.e., rise of temperature to 100.4°F. for 24 hours, or its recur-rence within that period). | 1 |
(6) No. of cases of Pemphigus Neo natorum. | 5 |
(7) No. of Infants not entirely breast fed while in the Institution. | 12. |
(8) No. of cases notified as Oph-thalmia Neonatorum. | — |
(9)—(a) No of Mat ernal deaths | _ |
(b) Cause of death in each case | — |
(10)—(a) No. of Foetal deaths— | |
(i) Stillborn | 8. |
(ii) Within 10 days of birlh. | 8. |
(b) Cause of death in each case, and results of post-mortem examination (if obtainable). | 1. P.M. Pulmonary Atelectasis. 2. Prematurity, 30 weeks. 3. do. 25 ,, 4. Atelectasis ; tentorial. hæmaturia. 5. Atelectasis : prematurity. 6. Atelectasis of the lungs. 7. Prematurity. Prematurity. |