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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY
Deaths from Puerperal Causes:-
Puerperal Sepsis Nil
Other Causes Nil
During the year, 67 cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified as compared
with 70 in 1959. One case occurred after home confinement, 66 were notified
from Chiswick Maternity Hospital. 17 of the cases were residents of the Borough.
The definition of puerperal pyrexia for notification purposes is "any
febrile condition occurring in a woman in whom a temperature of 100.4 degrees
Fahrenheit (38 degrees Centigrade) or more has occurred within fourteen days
after child-birth or miscarriage".
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