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East Ham 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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7. Infectious Diseases.
| Disease. | Number of cases notified during the year. | Number of cases visited by officers of the Council. | Number of cases for whom home nursing was provided by the Council. | Number of cases removed to hospitals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | - | 1 |
| (2) Pemphigus Neonatorum | - | - | - | - |
| (3) Puerperal fever | 4 | 4 | - | 4 |
| (4) Puerperal pyrexia | 6 | 6 | - | 4 |
| (5) Measles and ger-man measles (in children under 5 years of age) | - | - | - | - |
| (6) Whooping Cough (do.) | - | - | - | - |
| (7) Epidemic diarrhoea (do.) | - | - | - | - |
| (8) Poliomyelitis (do.) | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
8. Midwives.
(a) Number practising in the area served by the Council for maternity
and child welfare at the end of the year, 56.
(b) Number (i) employed by the Council, Nil.
(ii) directly subsidised by the Council, Nil.
(iii) employed by Voluntary Associations, 43.
(c) Number of cases attended by midwives during the year :—
(i) as midwives, 851.
(ii) as maternity nurses, 18.
(d) Number of cases during the year in which the Council paid or con
tributed to the fee of a midwife, Nil.
9. Maternal Deaths.
(a) Number of women who died in, or in consequence of, childbirth in
the area served by the Council for maternity and child welfare during
the year :—
(i) from sepsis, 6.
(ii) from other causes, 2.
(b) Number of these cases which died :—
(i) at home, 0.
(ii) in institutions, 8.