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Walthamstow 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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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 | Higham Hill | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||
| 1941 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Year | Treated | Vision unimpaired | Vision impaired | Total Blindness | Deaths | |||||
| At Home | In Hospital | |||||||||
| 1942 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | ||||
| 1941 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | - | ||||
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During 1942, three deaths associated with pregnancy and
child-bearing were investigated for the completion of
enquiry forms.
Particulars relating to the three deaths are given in the
accompanying table.
The following table shows the maternal mortality rates for 1942 (calculated on the two deaths 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 | ||||||||
| Puerperal Sepsis (Heading 29 R.G.) | Other Puerperal Causes (Heading 30 R.G.) | Total | Rates per 1,000 Births registered | Rates per 1,000 Births registered | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | Other Puerperal Causes | Total | Puerperal Sepsis | Other Puerperal Causes | Total | ||||
| Live, 1718 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 1.16 | Not available | ||
| Live & Still births,1770 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 1.13 | 0.42 | 1.59 | 2.01 |
The following table sets out the stillbirth and neo-natal death rates for the past five years:-
| Rate (per 1,000 live births). | 1942 | 1941 | 1940 | 1939 | 1938 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillbirths | 30.2 | 26.8 | 26.6 | 38.6 | 43.2 |
| Neo-Natal Deaths | 20.3 | 23.7 | 24.7 | 17.4 | 17.3 |
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