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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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The maternal mortality rates for the past five years have been as follows:-
| Year | Total Births Registered | Deaths | Rates per 1,000 Births (Live and Still) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerperal Sepsis | Other Fuerperal Causes | Total | Puerperal Sepsis | Other Puerperal Causes | Total | ||
| 1942 | 1770 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 1.13 |
| 1941 | 1193 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2.51 | 4.19 | 6.70 |
| 1940 | 1617 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 0.61 | 0.61 |
| 1939 | 1668 | 2 | - | 2 | 1.19 | - | 1.19 |
| 1938 | 1687 | - | 2 | - | 0.59 | 1.18 | 1.78 |
THORPE COOMBE MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
GENERAL.- (a) Form M.C.7. 96A. (Ministry of Health).
1. Name and Address of Institution - Thorpe Coombe Maternity
Hospital, 714, Forest Road, Walthamstow, E.17.
2. Number of maternity beds in the Institution (exclusive
of isolation and labour beds) - 48.
2a. Number of beds, if any, under item 2 which have been
allocated to, and reserved for, expectant mothers in
need of hospital treatment. - Variable according to
requirements. No definite reservation.
3. Number of maternity cases admitted during the year - 801
(including ante-and post- natal cases).
3a. Number of women treated during the year in the beds
shown against item 2a. (Included in item 3). - 137.
3b. Average duration of treatment of expectant mothers in
the beds shown against item 2a. - 4.19 days, (ante-natal).
4. Average duration of stay of cases included against
item 3.- 14.66 days (confinement).
5. Number of cases delivered by:-
(a) Midwives - 606, (b) Doctors - 89, Total 695.
6. Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought
by a midwife in emergency - 365.
7. Number of cases notified as:-
(a) Puerperal fever - Nil, (b) Puerperal pyrexia - 21.
8. Number of cases of pemphigus neonatorum - Nil.
36.