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St Pancras 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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PUERPERAL PYREXIA AND PUERPERAL FEVER.
Last year this department made a special investigation into this subject. The
information was reported in the 1930 Annual Report. It showed that 40 per cent. of all
confinements in the Borough took place in institutions. Over 50 per cent. of the cases of
Puerperal Pyrexia and Fever were in patients who were confined in these institutions.
In 1931 there were 38 notifications of Puerperal Pyrexia. Subsequently one case was found to be Puerperal Fever and transferred to that list. There were 24 cases of Puerperal Fever notified, and one transferred from Puerperal Pyrexia, making a total of 25.
| Cause of Pyrexia. | Total cases notified. | Confinement. | Infant. | Mother. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Institution. | At Home. | Living. | Dead Viable. | Non-Viable. | Primipara. | Unmarried. | Average Age. | Deaths. | |||||
| Doctor. | Midwife. | Student. | |||||||||||
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| — | —_ | †5 | — | —_ | |||||||||
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| — | — | — | |||||||||||
| — | — | ||||||||||||
| — | — | ||||||||||||
| — | |||||||||||||
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* Including 3 sets of twins.
+ Including 1 set of twins,
X Two cases had no medical attention.
|| Average length of gestation 14 weeks.
§ Including 1 death which was not allocated to this Borough, although the notification of Puerperal Fever was
made to and accepted by St. Pancras.
% Including 2 sets of twins.