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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
Walthamstow 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following table shows the work done by the midwives during 1933:—
| ,, confinements attended as a maternity nurse | 161 |
| ,, Medical Aid Notices sent | 110 |
| ,, Notifications of Deaths | 4 |
| ,, Twin Births | 5 |
| ,, Stillbirths | 16 |
| ,, Notifications of liability to be a source of infection | 11 |
| ,, Notifications of laying out a dead body | 1 |
| ,, Notifications of Artificial Feeding | 1 |
| ,, Notifications of Disinfection | 11 |
During 1932, 590 cases were attended as Midwives and 159 as
Maternity Nurses.
The conditions for which Medical Aid was summoned by
Midwives has been summarised and were as follows:—
Pregnancy:—
Albuminuria 2
Ante-partum Haemorrhage 3
Advice 1
Cerebral Haemorrhage 1
Heart Trouble 1
Threatened Miscarriage 1
Total 9
Puerperium:—
Pyrexia 4
Post partum Haemorrhage 4
Abdominal pain 1
Breast Abscess 1
Collapse 1
Gastritis 1
Inflamed Leg 2
Backache 1
Total 15
Labour:—
Ruptured Perineum 23
Mai presentation 7
Adherent Placenta 4
Prolonged Labour 24
Placenta Praevia 1
Total 59
Infant:—
Convulsions 2
Neo-natal death 1
Abnormality 4
Prematurity and Feebleness
7
Stillbirth 4
Discharge from Eye 5
Asphyxia 1
Total 24
Miscellaneous 3
Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927.— See Public
Health Section of the Report.
13. PUERPERAL FEVER AND PYREXIA.
The following tables give details of the 30 cases of Puerperal
Fever and Pyrexia during 1933.
Of the 30 cases, a total of 8 were notified from Hospitals outside
the area.
The puerperal fever and pyrexia rate during 1933 was 17.2
per 1,000 births, whilst the fatality due to puerperal sepsis was
23.3 per cent. of cases of fever and pyrexia notified.