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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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DEATHS DUE TO PREGNANCY AND CHILD-BEARING AND/OR ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, 1944.
| Case No. | Date of death. | Certified cause of death and classification. . | Age | Ward | Circumstances | No.of Pregnancy and Duration. | Ante-Natal Care | Physical Cond it ion | Date of confinement or Abortion. | Doctor called | Admission to Hospital. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. | Midwife . | |||||||||||||
| 1. | 21. 1.44 | Puerperal cellulitis of periP.eum due to bursting of tears of vagina; | 31 | Hi. | Comfb rtable | 1st. | 44 | weeks | Yes | Yes | Good | 18.1.44 | Yes | 19. 1.44 |
| 8. | 15. 5.44 | Placenta Praevia | 29 | W. | 11 | 1st | 28 | weeks | Yes | No | Good | 14.5.44 | Yes | 5. 5.44 |
| 3. | 30. 4.44 | Shock due to Post-Partum haemorrhage due to retained placenta. | 38 | Ho. | " | 7th | 40 | weeks | Yes | Yes | Good | 29.4.44 | Yes | Died at home. |
| 4. | 23. 5.44 | Air embolism due to instrumental abortion. | 22 | H.H. | " | 1st | 18 | weeks | Yes | No | Good | 23.5.44 | Yes | Died at home. |
| 5. | 23. 9,44 | Shock and haemorrhage from instrumental abortio | 39 n. | H.E. | Poor | ? | 20 | weeks | Nil | Nil | Good | 24.9.44 | No | Died at home. |
| 6. | 16. 8,44 | Acute cystitis, pyelitis & Pyelo-nephritis secondary to pregnancy 32 weeks | 30 | J. | Comfortable | 1st | 31 | weeks | Yes | Yes | ? | 15.8.44 | Already in Hospit al. | |
| 7. | L3.12,44 | Ante-Partun haemorrhage due to rupture of uterus due to pregnancy toxaemia | 32 | Ho. | Comfor tab1e | 3rd | 40 | weeks | Yes | Yes | Good | 13.12.44 | Yes | 13.12.44 |
| 22.11.44 | Acute eclampsia | 23 | W. | ? | 1st | 36 | weeks | Yes | No | Good : | 21.11.44 | Yes | 20.11.44 | |
| 9. | 8.12.44 | Shock and acute infection from septic abortion self induced. | 34 | Poor | ? | 12 | weeks | No | No | ? | 8.12,44 | No | Died at home. | |
| 10. | 26. 7.44 | Cerebral haemorrhage. Eclampsia. Pregnancy 28 weeks. | 32 | H.E. | Comfortable | 1st | 30 | weeks | Yes | Yes | Undelivered . | Yes | 26. 7.44 | |