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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
Hampstead 1926
Report for the year 1926 of the Medical Officer of Health
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in order to have practical value, the more complete notification should
be supplemented by the provision, where necessary, of facilities for
assistance in diagnosis, and for the treatment of patients who are not
able to secure adequate treatment for themselves. In Hampstead these
facilities were already in operation.
Puerperal Fever.
4 cases were notified, 2 of which proved fatal.
The details of the cases are as follows :—
Married woman, aged 24 years. Confined and died in HospitalChild
lived only a few hours.
Single woman, aged 32 years. Confined and died in London
Lock Hospital.
Married woman, aged 28 years. Removed to M.A.B. Hospital.
Recovered. Child survived.
Married woman, aged 37 years. Nursed by District Nurse.
Recovered. Twins, one still-born and one survived.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
7 cases were notified during 1926. In 6 instances the child
survived, but in 1 case, where twins were born, the infants did not
live beyond a few hours.
| Total cases notified by medical practitioners | 5 |
| „ „ midwives | — |
| Number treated at home | 1 |
| „ in hospital | 3 |
| „ at hospital as an out-patient | 1 |
| Vision unimpaired | 4 |
| „ impaired | — |
| Total Blindness | — |
| Number of Deaths |
Of the 5 cases that occurred 3 were first children and 2 were third
children. Both eyes were affected in all 5 cases.
In 4 instances the babies were born in maternity hospitals, and 2
of the notifications were received direct from the hospitals. The 2 other
cases were not notified from the maternity hospitals, but from other
hospitals to which they were subsequently removed.
Only one case occurred in a baby born at home.