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Mastitis (without abscess formation) 4
Eclampsia 1
Phlebitis 8
Localized uterine sepsis 6
Secondary uterine haemorrhage 2
Vaginal haematoma 1
Mental derangement 2
In addition to the above, 17 cases of puerperal pyrexia occurred,
all of which eventually made good recoveries. These cases were
suffering from:—
Localized uterine sepsis (forceps delivery in
one case) 8
Pyelitis (one causing secondary uterine infection) 4
Mastitis (without abscess formation) 3
Mastoiditis 1
Pneumonia following influenza, with pyelitis
and phlebitis (forceps delivery) 1
Maternal Death. There was one maternal death. The
patient was admitted from an Ante-natal clinic on the first
appearance of albuminuria. Within four hours of admission she
developed eclampsia and in spite of all treatment died five hours
later, undelivered and without regaining consciousness.
Patients Discharged to other Hospitals.
To Chiswick and Ealing Isolation Hospital.
Localized uterine infection 2
To Queen Charlotte's Isolation Hospital.
Haemolytic streptococcal uterine
infection 2
Pyelitis with secondary B. Coli-
uterine infection 1
3
To West Middlesex County Hospital.
Mastoiditis 1
Mental derangement 2
3