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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Table VI.
Notified cases of puerperal pyrexia and puerperal fever. West Ham residents.
| No. of cases. | Stage of pregnancy. | Where delivered. | Nature of delivery. | Where treated. | Result. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abortion | Premature. | Full-term. | Home. | Hospital | Normal. | Difficult | Instrumental. | Home. | Hospital | Recovered. | Died. | ||
| Puerperal fever | 4 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 4 | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 52 | 1 | 7 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 36 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 49 | 3* |
The cause of death of the three patients who died was pulmonary tuberculos's, 2; meningitis, 1.