Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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In addition to the above, 16 cases of puerperal pyrexia occurred,
each of which made a good recovery. The cases were as follows :—
Pyelitis (without septicaemia) 6
Pyelitis (with septicaemia) 2
Localized uterine infection 4
(one of these developed pelvic peritonitis)
Influenza 3
Cause uncertain (? gastrointestinal) 1
She took the first anaesthetic quite well, but on the second occasion took the anaesthetic badly throughout and collapsed suddenly, no remedies being of any avail.
4 | |
Post partum collapse, followed by abscess of thigh, septicaemia and pyelitis | 1 |
Breast abscess | 1 |
Sapraemia | 2 |
To Queen Charlotte's Isolation Hospital | 3 |
Pelvic peritonitis | 1 |
Septicaemia (B.coli) and pyelitis | 1 |
Sapraemia | 1 |
To West Middlesex County Hospital | 1 |
Septicaemia and pyelitis | 1 |
Children. | |
278 | |
Females | 253 |
Total | 531 |