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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
St Pancras 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following tables have been prepared by Dr. Pritchard to bring out some interesting details concerning these cases : —
| Cause of Pyrexia. | Total cases notified. | Confinement. | Infant. | Mother. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Institution. | At Home. | Living. | Dead Viable. | Non-Viable. | Primipara. | Unmarried. | Ante-natal attention. | Average Age. | Deaths. | |||||
| Doctor. | Midwife. | Student. | ||||||||||||
| Abortion with no evidence of infection of Organs of Reproduction | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 28 | - | |
| Bronchitis | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 30 | - | |
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 23 | - | |
| Influenzal-Pneu-monia | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | - | |
| Influenza | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 25 | - | |
| Inflammation of Breasts | 6 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 6 | 24 | - | |
| Pyelitis | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 30 | - | |
| Retained Products | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 28 | - | |
| Prolonged Labour | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | - | |
| Phlebitis | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 40 | - | |
| Jaundice | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 32 | - | |
| Necrotic Ovum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 23 | - | |
| Sore Throat, no evidence of infection of Organs of Reproduction | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 27 | - | |
| Gonorrhœa | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 22 | - | |
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 21 | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia. | Totals | 37 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 15 | 28 | 27 | |
| Percentages | 100 | 67.6 | 21.6 | 8.1 | 27 | 70.3 | 10.8 | 18.9 | 54 | 40.5 | 76 | - | - | |
| 32.4 | ||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever. | Associated with Abortion | *7 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | 34 | 3 |
| Other cases | 24 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 1 | - | 12 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 3 | |
| Totals | 31 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 6 | |
| Percentages | 100 | 48.1 | 18.5 | 22.2 | 11.1 | 74.2 | 3.2 | 22.6 | 45.1 | 31.9 | 65 | - | 19.4 | |
| 51.8 | ||||||||||||||
| *All cases sent in to Hospital for treatment after abortion. Note (1) None of these cases received any ante-natal advice. (2) The high average age. | ||||||||||||||