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Puerperal Fever:—
Confined at and died at own home ; Cardiac failure, pulmonary
embolism, sapraemia, child born 18 days previously 1
Other Causes:—
Confined at and died in Council Maternity Home, Ilford;
General peritonitis; Caesarian section 1
Confined at and died in Oldchurch Hospital, Romford;
post partum haemorrhage ; adherent retained placenta 1
Confined at and died in Oldchurch Hospital, Romford,
acute myocardial failure in pregnancy with severe
disproportion; caesarian section 1
Enquiries into the cause of maternal deaths are made by the
Medical Officer of Health from the medical practitioner in charge
of the case or from the Institution to which the patient was
admitted, in accordance with the Ministry of Health's requirements.
A special form is used for this purpose, which is forwarded
to the Ministry of Health on completion.
Cases notified as puerperal fever or puerperal pyrexia are
investigated by the Sanitary Inspectors and Health Visitors.
The following table gives the maternal mortality rate for
Ilford and England and Wales for the past ten years:—