[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney].

  • Stepney (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1932]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    92 8 cases of Puerperal Fever and 35 of Puerperal Pyrexia were notified during the year—13 more than in the previous year. 14 belonged to Limehouse, with 1 death. 3 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, with 2 deaths. 19 belonged to Mile End Old Town, with 4 deaths. 7 belonged to Whitechapel, with 2 deaths. 38 were removed to hospital. 1 he death-rate for the whole Borough was .039 per 1,000 of the population. Puerpera Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia. 222 cases of infectious disease removed to hospital were found not to be suffering from the disease stated on the certificate. 65 of the cases were notified by Private Practitioners and 157 from Public Institutions. This number referred to 73 cases of Scarlet Fever, 90 of Diphtheria, 41 of Chicken Pox, 12 of Small Pox, 1 Puerperal Pyrexia and 1 Poliomyelitis. Wrong Diagnosis 449 cases of Pneumonia, 4 of Malaria and 1 of Dysentery were notified under these Regulations. The cases occurred in the Districts as follows:— Limehouse St Georges Mile End Whitechapel Pneumonia 111 84 207 47 Malaria (Induced) 2 — — 2 Dysentery — — 1 Pneumonia, Malaria and Dysentery Regulations. The only case of Dysentery brought to my notice during the year was that of a boy aged 6 years. He was admitted to a local hospital suffering from vomitting and diarrhoea and on examination it was ascertained that he had dysentery (b. Flexner). He remained in hospital about three weeks and is now quite well. Of the 4 cases of malaria notified, in three instances the patients were sailors who had contracted the fever abroad. The other patient had never been abroad and was not ill prior to living in London. He was admitted to a local hospital suffering from Tabes dorsalis and malaria had been induced.