[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow].
- Walthamstow (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- [1942?]
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MUNICIPAL MID??? AND MATERNITY SERVICE. The table below shows the number of visits done:- Ante - Natal Visits Deliveries Lying-in Visits Total Visits. Patients' Homes Midwife's House Clinic Mid. Mat. 1126 1415 109 278 19 5381 3328 PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936 (Nursing Homes). See Public Health Section of the Report. PUERPERAL PYREXIA. 56 crises of Puerperal Pyrexia were notified during 1941. The puerperal pyrexia rate for 1941 was 29.1 per 1,000 births, as compared with 21.6 in 1940. ABORTION. CIRCULAR 1661..- The number of cases in which medical aid notices were issued during 1941 by midwives in accordance with Rule E. of the Centra] Midwives Board was:- Threatened abortion and miscarriage 1 Abortion and miscarriage 1 C??? NEOMATCRUM. The number of cases notified during the last two years were:- Year Totals St. James Street High Street Hoe Street Wood Street Hale End Higham Hill 1941 3 - — — 1 1 1 1940 4 — - - — — 3 Treated Year At Home In Hospital Vision in impaired Vision impaired Total Blindness Deaths. 1941 2 1 3 — — — 1940 2 2 4 - - - MATERNAL MORTALITY. During 1.941, eight deaths associated however slightly with pregnancy and child-bearing were investigated for the completion of enquiry forms. Particulars relating to the eight deaths are given in the accompanying table. The following table shows the maternal mortality rates for 1941 (calculated on the three deaths assigned by the Registrar General to Headings 29 and 30. Births Registered Deaths of Women due to Pregnancy and Child-Bearirg. ??? England and ales Puerperal Sepsis (Heading 29 R.G) Other Puerperal Cause (Heading 30 R.G) Total Rates per 1,000 Births registered Rates per 1,000 Births registered Puerperal Sepsis Other Puerperal Causes Total Puerperal Sepsis Other Puerperal Causes Total Live 1160 3 5 8 2.58 4.31 6.89 Not available. Live & Still births, 1193 3 5 8 2.5 4.19 6.70 0.48 1.75 2.23 32](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b19876555_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
