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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

West Ham 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: Nature of Confinement.

Nature of Confinement.

NormalNormal but torn perineumInstru-| mentalPresentation AbnormalAdherent PlacentaAntepartum Haemor.Post-partum HaemorrhageAbor tion
Puerperal Pyrexia37613322310
Puerperal Fever101233...12

Table: Attended at Confinement by—

Attended at Confinement by—

Doctor (including all cases, also where the Dr. was sent for by Midwife).MidwifeHospital
Puerperal Pyrexia244210
Puerperal Fever1372

Table: Treated for Puerperal Fever or Puerperal Pyrexia at—

Treated for Puerperal Fever or Puerperal Pyrexia at—

Home.Hospital.
Puerperal Pyrexia40 (1 death)36 (3 deaths)
Puerperal Fever ...814 (2 deaths)

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RESULT.
Puerperal Fever—Recovery, 20; Deaths, 2.
Puerperal Pyrexia—Recovery, 72 ; Deaths, 4.
Notified Cause of Death.
Puerperal Fever, 2.
(a) Puerperal Septicaeima.
(b) Puerperal Septicaemia and abortion.
Puerperal Pyrexia, 4.
(a) Peritonitis.
(b) Peritonitis, childbirth and Pyosalpinx.
(c) Puerperal parametritis.
(d) Septicaemia and pericarditis, double pyelonephritis and
cystitis, Pyelitis of pregnancy.
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