London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Holborn 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Four of the 17 stillbirths occurred in the private practice of a. doctor; 4 in
the extern practice of an institution; 8 in an institution, and 1 in the practice
of a midwife.
| Reason. | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | Total. | Occurrence of Birth. | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | Total 4 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Difficult labour | 7 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 38 | Practice of private doctors | — | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
| Antepartum bæmorrhage | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | Practice of midwives | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 |
| Plancenta prævia | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Extern practice of | — | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| Accidentsduring labour | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | hospital | ||||||
| Knotted cord | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | Nursing home | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Prolapse of cord | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | Institution | — | — | 5 | 11 | 8 | 24 |
| Malformation of foetus | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |||||||
| Prematurity | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Maceration | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||
| Other causes | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| No definite information | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | |||||||
| Cause unknown | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| No enquiries made | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 | |||||||
| 19 | 12 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 89 | — | 12 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 70 |