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Number
Notified
Cases Treated
Vision
Unimpaired
Vision
Impaired
Total
Blindness
Deaths
At Home
In Hospital
*29 13 16 †24 0 0 2
* 24 in Borough; 5 non-resident in the Borough.
† Resident in Borough.
Deaths. The two deaths amongst the above cases both
occurred in the hospital to which the infants had been removed
for special treatment for ophthalmia. Both occurred on the 14th
day from the following causes respectively:—
(1) Corneal ulcer, ophthalmia neonatorum, patent foramen
ovale, morbis cordis.
(2) Congenital atelectasis, ophthalmia and icterus neonatorum.
Maternal Mortality.
Total number of births notified in West Ham in 1932 was
6,415, of whom 4,980 were West Ham residents.
Number of deaths due to complications of pregnancy or childbirth
was 15, 9 being due to Sepsis, the remaining 6 from other
causes.
Of this total number four died at home and eleven in institutions.
Average age of death, 32.6 years.
Maternal Mortality Rate for 1932, 3.0, as compared with 3.0
per 1,000 for 1931.
Each case of maternal death is investigated by the Senior
Assistant Medical Officer for Maternity and Child Welfare. Particulars
are obtained from the doctor who attended the patient at
the time of her death, whether at home or in hospital. It may be
necessary to obtain further details in regard to the present pregnancy
or confinement from a private midwife or medical practitioner.
If the detailed report required by the Ministry of Health
is still incomplete, especially in respect of home circumstances and
history of the mother's previous health, this is obtained by the
Health Visitor from the husband or a near relative of the mother.
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