[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths associated with cases of puerperal fever notified during the year numbered 11. This is equal to a fatality rate of 3-5 compared with 4-9 for the preceding year. Among the cases registered as puerperal pyrexia there were 11 deaths which under the International Classification of Deaths would be tabulated as follows : pulmonary tuberculosis, 5, other tuber- culous disease, 1 ; heart disease, 2; puerperal sepsis, 1 ; other maternal causes, 2. Excluding 8 deaths which had little association with the puerperal state, the combined mortality rate on the 14 deaths from puerperal conditions is, therefore, 3-0 per cent, compared with 4-6 per cent, for 1947.