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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

Lewisham 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: During the year 315 confinements took place in the Home, of which 161 were primipar æ and 154 multipara, and the nature of these cases is shewn in the following Table:—

During the year 315 confinements took place in the Home, of which 161 were primipar æ and 154 multipara, and the nature of these cases is shewn in the following Table:—

Total.Proportion to Total.Percentage.
Total Number of Labours315--
Vertex Presentation3051 in 1.0396.82
Face „11 in 315.31
Pelvic „141 in 22.54.4
Twins51 in 631.58
Accidental Haemorrhage11 in 315.31
Post-Partum Eclampsia11 in 315.31
Manual Removal of Placenta11 in 315.31
Forceps101 in 31.53.17
Minor Operations (P.20 : M.8)281 in 11.258.8
Prolapse of Cord11 in 315.31
Pyelonephritis11 in 315.13
Phlebitis11 in 315.31
Hydramnios11 in 315.31
Albuminuria of Pregnancy11 in 315.31
Puerperal Insanity11 in 315.31
„ Sepsis11 in 315.31
Morbidity61 in 52.51.90

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NOTE.—The Standard of Morbidity is taken as :—"The rising of the temperature to 100° F., on
at least two occasions between the second and eighth days."
The maternal mortality was nil.

Table: Of the 320 infants born, nine were still-born, and two died shortly after birth. Details of these cases are set out in the following Table:—

Of the 320 infants born, nine were still-born, and two died shortly after birth. Details of these cases are set out in the following Table:—

Number of Births320
Premature Deaths, recent1
Full-term Deaths „7
Macerated1
Total number born dead9
Infants born alive who died in the Home2
Total number born dead or died in the Home11