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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
Kensington 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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SUMMARY OF PARTICULARS RELATING TO MATERNAL DEATHS IN KENSINGTON IN 1931.
| Married or single. | Cause of death. | Did patient receive ante natal care ? | Where did confinement take place ? | Was a doctor in attendance at confinement ? | Was a midwife in attendance at confinement ? | Where did death take place ? | When was patient admitted to hospital ? | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | Puerperal fever (after full term delivery). | Yes (own doctor) | Hospital | Yes | Yes | Hospital | Before confinement | Suffered from chronic bronchitis. Normal labour, but fever developed after five days. |
| Yes (midwife) | Own home | No | Yes | Eight days after confinement. | Temperature rose on fifth day after confinement and a doctor was called in. | |||
| Yes (hospital) | Own home | No | Yes | Three days after confinement. | — | |||
| Yes (hospital) | Own home | Yes | No | Four days after confinement. | — | |||
| Puerperal fever (after miscarriage). | No | Own home | No | No | One day after miscarriage. | |||
| No | Hospital | Yes | Yes | Before miscarriage | Symptoms of miscarriage developed at home. | |||
| Haemorrhage after confinement. | Yes (nursing home) | Nursing home | Yes | Yes | Immediately after confinement. | — | ||
| Yes (specialist) | Nursing home | Yes | Yes | Nursing home | Entered nursing home before confinement. | — | ||
| Eclampsia | Yes (hospital) | Child unborn | Yes | Yes | Hospital | Day of death | — | |
| Yes (hospital) | Hospital | Yes | Yes | Before confinement | — | |||
| Pneumonia at 32nd week of pregnancy and miscarriage. | Yes (hospital) | Hospital | Yes | Yes | Two days before con. ment. | — | ||
| S. | Heart failure during delivery under anaesthesia. | Yes (hospital) | Child unborn | Yes | Yes | ••• | Three days before labour. | — |