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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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DEATHS DUE TO PREGNANCY AND CHILD-BEARING AND/OR ASSOCIATED THEREWITH.
| Case No. | Date of Death | Certified Cause of Death and Classification | Age | Case No. | Date of Death | Certified Cause of Death and Classification | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 27.9.42 | Pulmonary Embolism due to femoral thrombo-phlebitis following childbirth. | 30 | 3. | 18.10.42 | Obstetric shock. Ante-partum haemorrhage and placenta praevia. | 28 |
| 2. | 8.10.42 | la. .Acute ante-partum haemorrhage. lb. Toxaemia of pregnancy. 2. Premature labour induced. | 31 | ||||
| The Registrar General allocates No.l to Classification 29 - Puerperal & Post abortive sepsis. No.2 " " 30 - Other maternal causes. | |||||||