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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 1936
[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 no. 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. | ||||||||||||
| Abortions with Retained Products of Conception | *2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 | — | ||
| Ac. Follicular Ton-si litis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 22 | — | |
| Cystitis | 2 | 1 | 1 | —_ | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | —_ | 1 | 25 | — | |
| Inflammation of Breasts | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 | — | |
| Influenza | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | _ | 1 | — | — | 1 | 30 | — | |
| Pyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 25 | — | |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 _ | 2 | — | 2 | 27 | — | |
| No known Lesion | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 31 | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia. | Totals | 17 | 10 | 5 | — | — | 12 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 26 | — |
| Percentages | — | 58.8 | 29.4 | 70.6 | 5.9 | 23.5 | 59 | 24 | 71 | — | — | |||
| Puerperal Fever. | Associated with Abortion | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | 33 | 2 |
| Other cases | 11 | 8 | — | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 1 | |
| Totals | 15 | 8 | _ | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 3 | |
| Percentages | — | 53.3 | 1 | 13.3 | | 6.6 | 53.3 | 20.0 | 26.7 | 53.3 | 39.8 | 39.8 | — | 20.0 | |
| 19 .9 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 32 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 3 | |
| Percentages | 56.2 | 15.7 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 62.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 56.2 | 31.4 | 56.2 | — | 9.4 | ||
| 25'0 | ||||||||||||||
* Six patients treated in Hospitals after abortion.