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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

Kingston upon Thames 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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Table: The following table supplied by the Registrar General and amended by transfers in and out, divides the total registered births into (a) Live; and (b) Still Births;

The following table supplied by the Registrar General and amended by transfers in and out, divides the total registered births into (a) Live; and (b) Still Births;

Births Registered19401941194219431944
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
Live Births:
Legitimate257226271211276236291297265260
Illegitimate17191820201931182726
Still births:
Legitimate861145714689
Illegitimate1131—121—1
Totals:
Male & Female283252303236301263338322300296
Grand Totals535539564660596

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A part-time Consultant, Mr. J.V. O'Sullivan, F.R.C.S.
was available in the Borough for consultation for any case
of midwifery or puerperal pyrexia where the confinement
took place at home, but no cases arose during 1944 requiring
his services.
(b) (i) Maternal Mortality.
The Medical Officer of Health investigates all
maternal deaths, and obtains full reports from the
practitioner attending.

Table: The following are the number or deaths for 1944, together with those for the years 1940-1943 for comparative purposes:

The following are the number or deaths for 1944, together with those for the years 1940-1943 for comparative purposes:

Cause19401941194219431944
Mitral Stenosis-1--3
Cardiac Failure
Toxaemia of Pregnancy
Septic abortion--1--
Septic abortion, self-induced--11-

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The three maternal deaths in 1944 were related to
young mothers aged 22, 22, and 24 years. All were
under specialist care in hospital and received AnteNatal
care.