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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
Croydon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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B.—Emergency Cases Mayday Hospital.
| Mode of Delivery. | No. of Cases. | Result to Mother. | Result to Child. | Remarks. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. | D. | L. | S.B. | D. | |||
| Spontaneous Rotation and Delivery | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Spontaneous Delivery Face to Pubes | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Spontaneous Rotation Forceps Delivery | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Manual Rotation, Forceps Delivery | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | - | |
| Forceps Rotation and Delivery | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | - | - | Kielland's forceps |
| Forceps Delivery Face to Pubes | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Internal Version and Extraction | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Caesarean Section | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Craniotomy | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Totals | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | |
| There were 110 maternal or foetal deaths. | |||||||
C.—Booked Cases St. Mary's Maternity Hospital.
| Mode of Delivery. | No. of Cases. | Result to Mother. | Result to Child. | Remarks. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. | D. | L. | S.B. | D. | |||
| Spontaneous Rotation and Delivery | 35 | 35 | - | 35 | - | - | |
| Spontaneous Delivery Face to Pubes | 12 | 12 | - | 11 | - | 1 | Premature Infant died. One twin. |
| Spontaneous Rotation Forceps Delivery | 7 | 7 | – | 6 | 1 | - | |
| Manual Rotation, Forceps Delivery | 5 | 5 | - | 5 | – | – | |
| Forceps Rotation and Delivery | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Forceps Delivery Face to Pubes | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Internal Version and Extraction | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Caesarean Section | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Craniotomy | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | Contracted pelvis Induction. |
| Totals | 62 | 62 | — | 59 | 2 | 1 | |
| There were no maternal deaths. Two stillbirths and one neonatal death made the infant mortality 4.8 per cent. | |||||||