London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
This page requires JavaScript
DEATHS DUE TO PREGNANCY AND CHILD-BEARING AND/OR ASSOCIATED THEREWITH.
| Case No. | Date of Death. | Certified Cause of Death and Classification. | Age. | Ward. | Circumstances. | No. of Pregnancy and Duration. | Ante-Natal Care. Doctor. Midwife. | Physical Condition. | Date of Confinement or Abortion. | Doctor called. | Admission to Hospital. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks. | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 26.1 .39 | General peritonitis due to perforation of uterus by an instrument | 23 | Ho. | Moderately comfortable | 1 | ? 8 | No | No | Good | 26.1.39 | 26.1.39 | 26.1.39 |
| 2 | 10.3.39 | Multiple pulmonary infarction associated with thrombo-phlebitis of iliac veins (Bilateral) associated with childbirth | 24 | Ho. | Fairly comfortable | 1 | 40 | Yes | Yes | Satisfactory | 5.2.39 | - | - |
| 3 | 2.4.39 | Puerperal septicaemia— miscarriage | 37 | W. | Poor | 4 | ? 16 | No | No | 2.3.39 | 3.3.39 | 20.3.39 | |
| 4 | 21.8.39 | Valvular disease of the heart | 38 | He. | Comfortable | 16 | 32 | Yes | Yes | Poor | 19.8.39 | - | 16.8.39 |
| 5 | 24.8.39 | Heart failure, myocardial degeneration. Acute yellow atrophy of liver | 30 | Ho. | Comfortable | 1 | - | Yes | Yes | Good | 23.8.39 | 3.8.39 | 12.8.39 |
| 6 | 19.9.39 | Paralytic ileus following Caesarean section | 39 | H.H. | Poor | 2 | 39 | Yes | Yes | Pre-existing disease | 16.9.39 | - | 11.10.39 |