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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
Poplar 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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List of Maternal Deaths.
| Cause of Death. | Attended at Institution. | Attended at home by | Treated in Institution subsequently. | Number of previous Pregnancies. | Received Ante-natal Care or Treatment at | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.C.W. Clinic. | Elsewhere. | |||||
| 1. Empyema and purulent pericarditis. Puerperal sepsis. Chronic general peritonitis. P.M. | Yes | - | Yes | 2 | - | Yes At Institution. |
| 2. Pyaemia from septic a bortion. Open verdict. P. M. Inquest | - | Doctor (emergency) | Yes | 3 | No | No |
| 3. Toxaemia from septic abortion. Coroner's P.M. without inquest | - | Doctor (emergency) | Yes | 7 | No | No |
| 4. Puerperal septicaemia. Purulent metritis. Recent delivery. Abscess of left labium majus. P.M. | - | Doctor | Yes | 7 | No | No |
| 5. Puerperal septicaemia following full term delivery of first (living) child. Coroner's P.M. without inquest | - | Doctor | Yes | - | - | Yes |
| 1. Secondary anaemia. Placenta praevia | Yes | - | Yes | 1 | - | Yes At institution |
| 2. Shock of prolonged labour. P.M. Inquest | - | Doctor | Yes | 1 | - | Yes |
| 1. Paralytic ileus. Ruptured ectopic gestation. P.M. (Classified as Other digestive diseases) | - | Doctor (emergency) | Yes | 3 | No | No |
| 2. Cardiac failure. Puerperal acute yellow atrophy of liver. P.M. (Classified as Other diseases of liver, etc.) | Yes | - | Yes | - | - | Yes At institution |
| 3. Septicaemia following self-induced miscarriage. Syringe. P.M. Inquest. (Classified as Suicide) | - | Doctor (emergency) | Yes | 2 | No | No |
Two of these maternal deaths were, at the request of the Medical
Officer of Health, investigated by a Consulting Obstetrician.