Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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17
297 records of sending for medical help were sent in.
For the Mother:—
Ruptured
Perineum.
Prolonged Labour.
Malpresentations.
Retained Placenta
and Membranes.
Fits.
A. P. H.
P. P. H.
Rise of
Temperature.
Inflammation of
Breasts.
Puerperal Fever
O'.ber Causes.
80
48
14
10
3
9
4
17
3
l
19
For the Infant:—
Dangerous
Feebleness.
Deformities.
Dis. from Eyes.
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum.
Injuries.
Artificial
Feeding.
Deaths.
Other Causes.
42
8
14
4
1
6
4
10
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
1,281 cases of Infectious Disease were1 notified during the
year.
Small Pox.
Ten cases of this disease occurred, with 3 deaths.
Scarlet Fever.
718 cases of this disease were notified during the year as
against 530 in 1919.
One death occurred from the disease.
365 cases were removed to the Isolation Hospital.
Diphtheria.
426 cases of this disease were? notified with 18 deaths.
451 cases were notified in 1919 with 29 deaths.
380 cases were removed to the' Isolation Hospital.
Enteric Fever.
Ten cases of Enteric (Typhoid) Fever were notified, with
4 deaths.