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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
Tottenham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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The other 3 cases occurred in hospitals outside the district from:—
(1) General Peritonitis.
(2) Eclampsia: heart failure.
(3) Heart failure and obstetric shock.
The Death Rate per 1,000 live and still births—based on the Registrar-General's figure, namely 2,151—was:—
| From Puerperal Sepsis | 2.3 |
| From Other Puerperal Causes | 2.8 |
| Total | 5.1 |
MATERNITY AND NURSING HOMES.
The number of Nursing Homes on the register at the beginning of
the year was 2.
(i) Applications for registration nil
(ii) Registered during the year nil
(iii) Orders made refusing or cancelling registration nil
(iv) Appeals against such orders nil
(v) Number confirmed on appeal nil
(vi) Applications for exemption 2
*(vii) Application for exemption granted 2
Of the 2 homes registered one is authorised to receive 3 maternity eases, and
6 chronic cases.
The other is approved for 1 maternity case only.
* Hospitals exempt for registration:—
The Prince of Wales's General Hospital.
The Home and Hospital for Jewish Incurables.