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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
East Ham 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| Extended breech | 4 |
| Inflammation of breasts | 1 |
| Phlebitis | 6 |
| Albuminuria | 2 |
| Other causes | 22 |
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| Child- | |
| Prematurity and dangerous feebleness | 18 |
| Unsatisfactory condition of infant | 9 |
| Deformities | 4 |
| Discharging eyes | 3 |
| Still-birth | 2 |
| Spina-Bifida | 1 |
| Skin eruptions | 5 |
| Other causes | 9 |
| 51 | |
Visits have been paid as required to one registered Nursing
Home in the district.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
During the year 10 cases of Puerperal Fever and 14 cases
of Puerperal Pyrexia were notified under the Regulations of 192G
and 1928. The Regulations of 1st October, 1926, extended notification
to Puerperal Pyrexia, which means "any febrile condition
(other than a condition which required to be notified as Puerperal
Fever) occurring in a woman within 21 days after child-birth, or
miscarriage, in which a temperature of 100'4 deg. Fahrenheit or
more has been sustained during a period of 24 hours, or has
recurred during that period."
The object of these regulations is to secure that women who
suffer from such conditions may as quickly as possible come under
special treatment, if necessary, or may be provided with skilled
nursing or wilh institutional treatment.
Maternal Mortality.
There were 8 deaths in connection with pregnancy, as compared
with 12 in 1929,