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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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HOSPITAL REPORT — 1948
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of infants— | 82.51 percent | entirely Breast Fed (Relative to total number of infants discharged) | |||||||||||||
| (a) Not breast fed at all | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 45 | 3.84 „ „ | |
| (b) Partly breast fed | 15 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 160 | 13.65 „ „ | |
| TOTALS | 20 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 205 | ||
| Number of— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Maternal deaths | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil | |
| (b) Infant deaths | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0.86 per cent | (Relative to total number of births, minus still-births (1165)) |
| (c) Stillbirths | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 2.59 „ „ | (Relative to total number of infants born (1196) |
| (d) Deaths of Infants admitted from District | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | (including 13 cases of twins) ) Percentage of Still-births for Booked Cases was 1.88 | ||
| Number of cases of— | |||||||||||||||
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 19 | 1.60 per cent | (Relative to total number of confinements (1183)) |
| Number of cases of— | |||||||||||||||
| Inflammation of infants' eyes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1.46 percent | (Relative to total number of living infants (1165)) |