Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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It was necessary to call in a doctor in 119 of the latter cases, owing to the following complications:—
(a) Ante-Natal 36 | Small measurements 16 |
Pre-eclampsia 14 | |
Version 4 | |
Ante-partum haemorrhage 2 | |
(b) During labour 37 | Adherent placenta 3 |
Premature labour 1 | |
Prolonged labour 9 | |
Persistent occipito-posterior 6 | |
Extended breech 9 | |
Brow 1 | |
Prolapsed cord 2 | |
Secondary uterine inertia 3 | |
Foetal distress 2 | |
Rudimentary vagina 1 | |
(c) After labour 34 | Ruptured perineum 29 |
Pyelitis 2 | |
Synovitis and pre-patellar bursitis 1 | |
Scarlet Fever 1 | |
Pyo-salpinx 1 | |
(d) For infant 12 | Congenital absence of rectum 1 |
Melena 2 | |
Secondary umbilical haemorrhage 1 | |
Dangerous feebleness 6 | |
Spina bifida 2 |
There were 6 deaths of infants in the Home, from the following
causes:—
Prematurity 4
Congenital atelectasis and undeveloped diaphragm
1
Convulsions and intra-cranial haemorrhage 1
There were 9 stillbirths in the Home from the following
causes:—
Macerated foetus 1
Difficult labour 2
Shock 1
Foetal asphyxia 1
Abnormal dilated bladder 1
Anencephalus 1
Prolapse of cord 1
Ante-partum haemorrhage and abnormal
presentation 1