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Holborn 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Ante-natal Hygiene.

19211922192319241925Total 1921.25
No. of Women attending Ante . natal Clinic5258617454299
No. of Ante-natal cases4744424846227
Attending after confinement514192ti872
Expectant Mothers for first time13569538
Defects, especially connected with pregnancy—
Venereal disease112
Deformed pelvis6241215
Threatened abortion1o25
Threatened miscarriage11
Excessive vomiting11810
Edema66
Varicose veins912821445
Excessive vaginal discharge5128
Albuminuria (slight)8141115
Ante partum hæmorrhage11
Vaginal prolapse44
Pendulous abdomen1629
Retroverted gravid uterus11
Toxaemia of pregnancy11
Extra uterine pregnancy11
Placenta previa11
Other defectsA. —6
Other defects—
Pulmonary tuberculosis11114
Heart disease2313716
Anaemia8695735
Respiratory diseases23218
Constipation8182051061
Dental caries22272720It110
Sleeplessness11
Dyspepsia199928
Umbilical hernia11
Sciatica11
Pyorrhœa66
Enlarged thyroid22
Other defects316616
No. referred to Maternity Hospitals111112131259
Normal50410328
Abnormal6583931
No. referred to other Hospitals34119
„ „ „ Tuberculosis Dispensary1225
„ „ „ Dental Clinic2021222018101
No. of urine tests made41716S41221
No. of Wassermann tests made4417—_25
Ante-natal4149
Post-natal31316