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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following tables have been prepared by Dr. Pritchard to bring out some interesting details concerning these cases:—
| Cause of Pyrexia. | Total no. cases notified. | Confinement. | Infant. | Mother. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Institution. | At Home. | Living. | Dead Viable. | Non-Viable. | Primipara. | Unmarried. | Ante-natal attention. | Average Age. | Deaths. | |||||
| Doctor. | Midwife. | Student. | ||||||||||||
| Ac. Primary Pneum. | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 15 | – | |
| Cystitis | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 4 | 28 | – | |
| Dental abscess | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 25 | – | |
| Engorged Breast | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 30 | – | |
| Incomplete Abortion | 5* | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | 29 | – | |
| Influenza | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 22 | – | |
| Mastitis | 8 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 8 | – | – | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | – | |
| Pleurisy | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 30 | – | |
| Pyelitis | 5 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 5 | – | – | 3 | 3 | 5 | 26 | – | |
| Retained Chorion | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 33 | – | |
| No apparent cause | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | – | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia. | Totals | 31 | 21 | – | 4 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 24 | 26 | – |
| Percentages | – | 80.8 | 19.2 | 77.4 | 6.5 | 16.1 | 64.5 | 25.8 | 92.3 | – | – | |||
| Puerperal Fever. | Associated with Abortion | 3* | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 29 | – |
| Other cases | 10 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 4 | 3 | 8 | 28 | – | |
| Totals | 13 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 28 | – | |
| Percentages | – | 70 | – | 30 | – | 69.2 | 7.7 | 23.1 | 30.7 | 23.1 | 61.5 | – | – | |
| Total | 44* | 28 | – | 7 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 32 | 27 | – | |
| Percentages | – | 77.8 | 22.2 | 75 | 6.8 | 18.2 | 54.5 | 25 | 88.9 | 27 | – | |||
* Please Note.—Cases of abortion are not considered in the calculations for "Confinement" or " Ante natal
attention in the above table. These cases were all treated in Hospital after the abortion.