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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
Ilford 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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| Inflammation of arm | 1 | ||
| Mastitis | 3 | ||
| Obstetric shock | 1 | ||
| Perineal tear | 66 | ||
| Phlebitis | 13 | ||
| Post-partum haemorrhage | 1 | ||
| Pyrexia | 4 | ||
| (d) For infant | 53 | Abscess on head | 1 |
| Asphyxia | 4 | ||
| Blocked tear duct | 1 | ||
| Burn | 1 | ||
| Conjunctivitis | 30 | ||
| Cyanosis | 1 | ||
| Feebleness at birth | 4 | ||
| General condition | 3 | ||
| Prematurity | 3 | ||
| Rash | 2 | ||
| Septic spots | 3 | ||
Forty-four cases were delivered by means of forceps, 5 following surgical
induction; 4 of the infants were stillborn; 1 died aged 13 days and 1 aged
one day.
In addition, labour was surgically induced in 12 cases; 1 of the infants
was stillborn and 1 died, aged 2 days, from debility and prematurity.
There were 8 deaths of infants in the Home, from the following
causes:—
Atelectasis; cardiac failure 1
Atelectasis of lungs; congenital malformation of heart 1
Debility and prematurity 1
Haemorrhagic disease of the new born 1
Prematurity; 24 weeks pregnancy 1
Prematurity; maternal eclampsia 1
Prematurity; termination of pregnancy; acute hydram-
nios 1
Pulmonary atelectasis; prematurity 1
The neo-natal death-rate of babies born in the Maternity Home
was 1.8 per cent. compared with 2.7 per cent. in the district in
general. The death-rate of babies who died before 14 days, born
in the Maternity Home, was 1.8 per cent. in 1935 and 1.3 per cent.
in 1934.
The infant mortality rate of children born in the Maternity
Home was 20.6 per 1,000 births, as compared with 48.9 born in
their own homes. The figure of 48.9 has been arrived at after
deduction of all deaths of infants from the Maternity Home, and
is calculated on the total births in the district, excluding those in
the Maternity Home.