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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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FOETAL AND INFANT MORTALITY
| Number of cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth Weight. | Total. | ||
| 5½ lbs. or less. | Over 5½ lbs. | ||
| (a) Stillbirths. (i) Developmental defects | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| (ii) Maternal haemorrhage; Toxaemia and other illness | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| (iii) Erythroblastosis foetalis | — | 1 | 1 |
| (iv) Complications of labour | — | 6 | 6 |
| (v) Unknown | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 16 | 30 | 46 |
| (i) Prematurity and associated conditions | - | ||
| (ii) Pneumonia and prematurity | 2 | — | |
| (iii) Developmental defects | — | ||
| (iv) Hæmorrhagic disease | — | 2 | |
| (v) Intracranial haemorrhage | — | 2 | |
| (vi) Circulatory failure | — | ||
| Totals | 8 | ||
| (a) Booked cases | |||
| (b) Unbooked cases | |||
| Totals | |||
Two infants admitted from the district died in the Hospital;
one baby 3 lbs. 13 ozs. died of atelectasis and the other congenital
malformation of the heart.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA
The number of cases in which pyrexia occurred in the
puerperium was for booked cases 16, a percentage of 1.33 relative
to 1,196 booked confinements, and for unbooked cases 3, a percentage
of 4.3 relative to 69 emergency admissions (18 of which
took place at home).