London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Ealing 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| Non-notifiable Pyrexia during Puerperium | 31 |
| General debility | 5 |
| Urinary infection | 11 |
| Cracked nipples and mastitis | 4 |
| Breast abscess | 2 |
| Uterine infection | 2 |
| Phlebitis | 1 |
| Retained products | 6 |
| Patients transferred to other Hospitals. | |
| . To Clayponds Isolation Hospital: | |
| (a) For Haemolytic Streptococcal infection | 2 |
| (6) Dental abscess | 1 |
| Maternal Deaths | 0 |
INFANTS,
| Number of infants born | 1,183 |
| Males (alive) | 612 |
| Females (alive) | 571 |
| Stillborn | 20 |
| Abortion | 1 |
| Neo-natal deaths | 11 |
| Stillbirths | |
| (a) Full term | 6 |
| 2 | |
| (c) Anencephalic | 1 |
| 11 | |
| Abnormal Infants. | |
| Congenital Heart Disease | 2 |
| Mongol | 3 |
| Talipes | 4 |
| Harelip | 1 |
| Hypospadias | 3 |
| Spina Bifida | 1 |
| Abnormal genitilia | 1 |
| Infants' Illnesses. | |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 2 |
| Erythroblastosis | 3 |
| Congenital icthyosis | 1 |
| Premature Babies born alive. | |
| 28-32 weeks' gestation | 7 (2 sets twins) |
| 32-36 weeks' gestation | 17 |
| 36-38 weeks' gestation | 21 |
| Infants Weaned. | |
| Owing to mother's breast condition | 10 |
| Owing to tuberculosis of mother | 3 |
| Owing to baby's condition | 1 |