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Walthamstow 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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ABORTION.
CIRCULAR 1661.- The number of cases in which Medical aid
notices were issued during 1940 by midwives in accordance with
Rule E of the Central Midwives Beard was:-
Threatened abortion and miscarriage Nil.
Abortion and miscarriage Nil.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
The number of cases notified during the last two years were:-
| Year | Totals | St.James Street | High- Street | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Hale End | Higam Hill | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| 1939 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Year | Treated | Vision unimpaired . | Vision impaired | Total Blindness | Deaths. | ||||
| At Home | In Hospital | ||||||||
| 1940 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | |||
| 1939 | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - | -- | |||
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During 1940, one death associated however slightly with
pregnanoy and child-bearing was investigated for the completion
of enquiry forms.
The following table shows the maternal mortality rates for 1940 (calculated on the one death assigned by the Registrar-General to Headings 29 and 30).
| Births Registered | Deaths of Women due to Pregnancy and Child-Bearing. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALTHAMSTOW | England and Wales | |||||||||
| Rates per 1,000 Births registered | Rates per 1,000 Births registered | |||||||||
| Puerperal Sepsis (Heading '29 R.G.) | Other Puerperal Causes (Heading 30 R.G.) | Total | Puerperal .Sepsis | Othor Puerperal Causes | Total | Puerperal Sepsis | Other Puerperal Causes | Total | ||
| Live, 1575 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 0.63 | 0.63 | Not available | |||
| live &. Still -births, 1617 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 1.64 | 2.16 | |
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