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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
Battersea 1925
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1925
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Of the above 560 cases, 13 patients were admitted for antenatal
treatment prior to re-admission at a later date for confinement.
Number of cases in which medical aid was sought by the mid-wife, with reasons for requiring assistance.
| (a) Ante-Natal. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Retention of urine | 1 | Version under anaesthetic | 2 |
| Contracted pelvis | 3 | Ante-partum haemorrhage | 2 |
| Albuminuria | 12 | Neurotic condition | 1 |
| Debility | 1 | Cases 25 | |
| Threatened miscarriage | 1 | ||
| Heart disease | 1 | ||
| Threatened eclampsia | 1 | ||
| (b) During labour. | |||
| Foetal distress | 16 | Eclampsia | 1 |
| Miscarriage—Hydramnios with twins | 1 | Collapse after birth of twins | 1 |
| Heart disease | 1 | ||
| Prolapse of cord | 2 | Retained placenta P.P.H. | 1 |
| Delayed labour | 1 | Collapse during 3rd stage of labour | 1 |
| A.P.H. Premature labour | 1 | ||
| Contracted pelvis | 1 | Post-partum haemorrhage | 1 |
| Placenta praevia | 1 | Cases 31 | |
| Hour glass contractions | 1 | ||
| Adherent placenta | 1 | ||
| (c) After labour. | |||
| Ruptured perineum | 10 | Collapse | 1 |
| Engorged breast | 1 | Cases 16 | |
| Bronchitis | 2 | ||
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 1 | ||
| Subinvolution | 1 | ||
| (d) For infant. | |||
| Watery eyes | 27 | Dangerous feebleness | 1 |
| Ophthalmia | 2 | Cyanosis | 1 |
| Prematurity | 2 | Cases 37 | |
| Distressed breathing | 1 | ||
| Convulsions | 2 | ||
| Microcephalus | 1 | ||
Number of maternal deaths Nil.
Number of cases in which temperature rose above
100-4 for 24 hours with rise of pulse 4
Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum
with result of treatment 2
(Attended St. Margaret's and St. Thomas's
Hospitals: Discharged cured.)
Number of infants with discharge from eyes however
slight 27
Number of infants not entirely breast fed 3
Anaemia of mother 2 Going to foster-mother 1