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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
Wimbledon 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| Malpresentation | 6 |
| Retained Membranes | 2 |
| Ruptured perineum | 22 |
| Rise of Temperature | 6 |
| Prematurity, Congenital Defects, etc. | 8 |
| Discharging Eye | 18 |
| Other conditions | 16 |
The total fees paid to doctors by the Corporation during
the year under Section 14 (1) of the Midwives Act, 1918,
amounted to £98 17s. 6d. The amount recovered from the
patients' relatives was £32 9s. 9d.
32
Centres.—The work carried out at the Centres during
1938 is indicated in the following table:—