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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

Fulham 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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21.
Maternal Mortality.
During the year investigations were made into the
cause of death in ten cases of Maternal Mortality and
the reports were transmitted to the Maternal Mortality
Committee.

Table: The following is a list of the cases with the causes of death:—

The following is a list of the cases with the causes of death:—

Occupation.Age.Date and Place of Death.Cause of Death.
Wife of a labourer.36Jan. 17th, at home.1. (a.) Acute pneumonic Phthisis.
2. Premature labour.
Wife of a milk salesman.31Jan. 27th, in hospital.1. (a.) Lobar Pneumonia (24-1-29).
(b.) Influenza (19-1-29).
2. Parturition (Prematurity, 26-1-29).
Wife of an electrical improver.24Feb. 5th, in hospital.Septic endometritis, following full-term confinement.
Wife of a fishmonger's assistant.34Mar. 3rd, in hospital.1. (a.) Lobar pneumonia.
2. Parturition (28-2-29).
Wife of a pastry cook.38May 6th, in hospital.1. (a.) Septicaemia.
(b.) Scarlet Fever.
2. Child birth (delivered 17-4-29).
Wife of a chauffeur.33May 8th, in hospital.1. (a.) Ruptured uterus.
(b.) Pregnancy.
Wife of a Plumber.27May 14th, in hospital.1. (a.) Pneumonia.
(b.) Septic endometritis.
(c.) General peritonitis. (Full term labour).
Wife of a Motor lorry driver.35Sept. 12th, in hospital.Exhaustion due to a prolonged and severe labour, necessitating craniotomy and accelerated by giving of an anaesthetic, open ether and oxygen. Misadventure.
Wife of an Omnibus driver.28Nov. 13th, in hospital.1. (a.) General Peritonitis.
(b) Puerperal sepsis. (Full term delivery).
Wife of a motor driver.26Dec. 1st, in hospital1. (a.) Paralytic Ileus and Peritonitis.
(b.) Operation of Caesarian section.