London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
| Year. | Treated | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||
| — | ||||||
| - | — | |||||
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During 1945, there were 3 deaths due to sepsis or other puerperal
causes.
Particulars relating to these deaths are given in the accompanying
table, from which it will be seen that one was due to self-induced
abortion.
| Case No. | Date of Death | Certified Cause of Death and Classification. | Age | Ward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N.B.—Case No. 1 was reported as Case No. 9 in the 1944 Report.
The following table shows the maternal mortalitv rates for
| 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. | |||||
| PuerperalSepsis. | Other Puerperal Causes. | Total. | PuerperalSepsis. | Other Puerperal Causes, | Total. | ||||