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Puerperal Pyrexia.
Seventeen cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified during the
year.
The causes of pyrexia were considered to be :—
Urinary infection 5
Pleurisy 1
Mastitis 1
Infected haematoma of womb 1
Puerperal sepsis 2
Not known 7
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Obstetric Consultant.
The advice of the Council's Consultant Obstetrician was not
sought during the year.
Maternity Mortality.
There were 4 maternal deaths of Leyton residents during
the year.
Medical Aid.
In accordance with the Rules of the Central Midwives' Board
a midwife must notify the Local Supervising Authority forthwith,
on every occasion on which she sends for medical aid. Three
hundred and twenty-three such notifications were received.
Fees paid to Doctors.
Two hundred and ninety-three accounts were received from
general medical practitioners for assistance rendered to midwives
under the provisions of the Medical Practitioners (Fees) Regulations,
1940. The total amount paid to medical practitioners during the
year was £451 10s. 6d.