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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The work of the municipal midwives was as follows:-
| l. | The nunber of naternlty deliveries by Municipal Midvives on the district in the year | 1,119 | ||||
| 2. | The number of spontaneous deliveries | 1.113 | ||||
| 3. | The nunber of forceps deliveries | 6 | ||||
| 4. | The nunber of still births | 1 | ||||
| 5. | The number of neo-natal deaths 1 died 1 hour: 1 died 3 days. | 2 | ||||
| 6. | The nunber of prenature live born Infants | |||||
| (1) 34 veeks - 5 lbs. 8 ozs. Transferred to Hospital. | ||||||
| (2) Emergency. Approx. 3 lbs. 8 ozs. 3½ weeks. Transferred to Hospital. | ||||||
| (3) 38 veeks • 3 lbs. 8 ozs. Discharge leight 3 lbs. 12 ozs. Home. | ||||||
| (4) 32 veeks - 4 lbs. 4 ozs. Transferred to Hospital. | ||||||
| (5) 36 veeks - ) (twins) 1-4 lbs. 8 ozs.; 1-5 lbs. Discharge | ||||||
| (6) 36 veeks - ) weight 4 lbs. 10½ ozs.; 4 lbs. 15 ozs. | ||||||
| (7) 36 veeks - 5 lbs. Transferred to Hospital. | ||||||
| 7. | The number of patients vho received Trilene | 20 | ||||
| 8. | Hie number of patients vho received Gas-Air Analgesia | 1,032 | ||||
| 9. | The number of cases of P. P. H. Home 11; Transferred to Hospital 15 | 26 | ||||
| 10. | The number of cases of nanual removal of placenta at home | Nil | ||||
| 11. | The number of patients vho received blood transfusion at home | 6 | ||||
| 12. | Hie number of cases to vhlch Plying Squad vas called | |||||
| 13. | The number of cases of toxaemia of pregnancy treated at home | 5 | ||||
| 14. | The number of cases of prolonged labour (over 24 hours) | 22 | ||||
| 15. | The nunber of breech deliveries | 4 | ||||
| 16. | The nunber of tvins delivered | 2 lit | ||||
| 17. | The nunber of triplets | Nil | ||||
| 18. | The nunber of cases of Puerperal Pyrexia | 20 | ||||
| (Genital | Nil) | |||||
| (Extra-Genital | 20) | |||||
| 19. | The nunber of congenital nalfornations | 5 | ||||
| (Hare Lip: Cleft Palate | 1) | |||||
| (Talipes | 1) | |||||
| (Mongol | 1) | |||||
| (Heart (Died 3 days) | 1) | |||||
| (Heart (Died 1 hour) | 1) | |||||
| 20. | Patients given Pethedlne | 610 | ||||
| 21. | Patients sent to Hospital: | 341 | ||||
| (Ante-natal | 254) | |||||
| (During Labour | 58) | |||||
| (After Labour | 29) | |||||
| 22. | Patients sent hone for nursing: | 341 | ||||
| (Home booked | 265) | |||||
| (Hospital bookec | 76) | |||||