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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
Ilford 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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It was necessary to call in a doctor in 308 of the latter cases for the following reasons :—
| (a) Ante-natal 37 | Ante-partum haemorrhage | 5 |
| Appendicitis | 2 | |
| Dilatation and curettage | 2 | |
| General condition | 1 | |
| Hyperemesis | 2 | |
| Rupture of membranes | 5 | |
| Surgical induction | 20 | |
| (b) During labour 65 | Breech delivery | 4 |
| Caesarian section | 25 | |
| Episiotomy | 2 | |
| Foetal distress | 3 | |
| General condition | 1 | |
| Maternal distress | 3 | |
| Prolonged labour | 22 | |
| Retained placenta | 3 | |
| Uterine inertia | 2 | |
| Abdominal pain | 1 | |
| Eclampsia | 1 | |
| Inverted nipples | 1 | |
| Mastitis | 7 | |
| Mental condition | 3 | |
| Obstetric shock | 2 | |
| Pain in chest | 1 | |
| Pain in legs | 1 | |
| Perineal or vaginal laceration | 120 | |
| Phlebitis | 4 | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | |
| Post-partum haemorrhage | 8 | |
| Pyrexia | 10 | |
| Rash | 2 | |
| Asphyxia | 3 | |
| Conjunctivitis | 11 | |
| Convulsions | 2 | |
| Cyanosis | 3 | |
| Cystic swelling of lower jaw | 1 | |
| Feebleness at birth | 4 | |
| General condition | 7 | |
| Haemorrhage | 1 | |
| Persistent vomiting | 2 | |
| Prematurity | 3 | |
| Rash | 1 | |
| Septic spots | 6 |
Forty-one cases were delivered by means of forceps, 8 following surgical
induction ; 4 of the infants were stillborn ; and 1 died aged 2 days.
In addition, labour was surgically induced in 17 cases; 1 of the infants
was stillborn.