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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
Hornsey 1947
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending 31st December, 1947
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PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA
Number of Notifications 9
Puerperal Pyrexia Rates (per 1,000 total live and still births)
Hornsey — 4.3
England and Wales 7.16
126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including
London 8.99
148 Smaller Towns 6.27
London Administrative County 6.94
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936 (Section 203)
Notification of Births
All live births and still births of seven months and over must be
notified to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours, in addition
to being registered within a period of six weeks after birth.
| M | F | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live births | 1,148 | 1,130 | 2,278 |
| Still births | 32 | 18 | 50 |
| 1,180 | 1,148 | 2,328 | |
| The births were notified:— | |||
| By Doctors | 16 | ||
| „ Borough Midwives | 511 | ||
| „ Alexandra Maternity Home | 591 | ||
| „ Other Midwives | 29 | ||
| „ Hospitals | 756 | ||
| „ Others | 381 | ||
| 2,284 | |||
| Not notified (information extracted from Registrar's Returns):— | |||
| Live births | 39 | ||
| Still births | 5 | ||
| 44 | |||
| — | 2,328 | ||
| Of this number there were:— | |||
| Occurring in the Borough and transferred to other districts | 277 | 2 | |
| Belonging to Hornsey and occuring in Hospitals, etc., outside the district | 742 | 17 | |