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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
London County Council 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table II—
| Hospital, etc. | No. of births (including stillbirths) | Ante-natal care. L.C.C. clinic. | Deaths. | Ante-natal care, other sources, nil or not stated. | Deaths. | Total deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archway | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bethnal Green | 315 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dulwich | 563 | — | — | Obstetric shock, failed forceps | 1 | 1 |
| Fulham | 383 | — | — | Eclampsia (1) Acute nephritis (1) | 2 | 2* |
| Hackney | 855 | Puerperal sepsis (breast abscess) (1) Puerperal septicaemia (normal labour) (1) | 2 | Ante-partum haemorrhage (1) Puerperal sepsis (obstructed labour) (1) | 2 | 4 |
| Hammersmith | 142 | — | — | Placenta prævia | 1 | 1 |
| Highgate | 1 | - | — | — | - | — |
| Lambeth | 675 | Puerperal sepsis (Cæsarean) (1) Post-partum haemorrhage (adherent placenta)(1) P.P.H and thyrotoxicosis (1) | 3 | Puerperal sepsis (Cæsarean) | 1 | 4 |
| Lewisham | 1,001 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mile End | 643 | Toxæmia (Cæsarean section) (1) Heart disease (Csesarean section) (1) Puerperal insanity (1) | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| New End | 326 | Puerperal sepsis (rupture of uterus) (1) Pyelonephritis (1) Puerperal sepsis (Cæsarean section) (1) | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Paddington | 502 | - | Puerperal sepsis (pulmonary em bolus) | 1 | 1 | |
| St. Alfege's | 639 | - | — | — | — | — |
| St. Andrew's | 689 | Puerperal sepsis (perineal tear) | 1 | Heart disease and chorea (Ca'sarean section) | 1 | 2 |
| St. Charles' | 10 | — | — | Ruptured uterus (obstructed labour) | 1 | 1 |
| St. George-in-the-East | 285 | — | — | - | — | — |
| St. Giles' | 978 | Puerperal sepsis (Caesarean section) (1) P.P.H. (adherent placenta) (1) Puerperal sepsis (1) | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| St. James' | 1,152 | Anæsthesia (Cæsarean section) | 1 | Puerperal sepsis (forceps, adherent placenta) (1) Suppurative nephritis (Cæsarean section) (1) "Status epilepticus" (1) P.P.H. (adherent placenta) (1) | 4 | 5 |
| St. John's | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Leonard's | 465 | Toxaemia and diabetes | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| St. Luke's, Chelsea | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| St. Mary Abbots | 884 | Eclampsia (1) Obstetric shock, contraction ring (1) | 2 | P.P.H. (adherent placenta) (1) Puerperal sepsis (failed forceps, ruptured uterus)(1) | 2 | 4 |
* Includes 1 death at 24th week