Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1926 page 106

Hammersmith 1926

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1926

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Information Required.	Particulars.
(5) No. of Cases in which medical assistance was sought by the midwife with reasons for requiring assistance
(a) Ante-natal	All cases examined by Medical Officer in Ante-natal Clinic.
(b) During labour	20. Prolonged labour	3
	Shoulder presentation	1
	Unreduced occipito posterior.	2
	Placenta pravia	1
	Partially adherent placenta	1
	Post-partum Haemorrhage	1
	Ruptured perineums	10
	Extended breech	1
(c) After labour	All patients visited daily by Medical Officer.
(c) After labour	No. of ruptured perineums which required suture 10.
(d) For infant	All patients visited daily by Medical Officer.
(6) No. of Cases notified as
(a) Puerperal fever	Nil.
(b) Puerperal pyrexia (i.e., rise of temperature to 100.4°F. or its recurrence within that period) with result of treatment in each case.	Nil.
(7) No. of Cases of Pemphigus Neonatorum.	Nil.
(8) No. of Cases notified as Ophthalmia Neonatorum with result of treatment in each case.	Nil.
(9) No. of Cases of "Inflammation of the Eyes" however slight.	Nil.
(10) No. of Infants not entirely breastfed while in the Institution with reasons why they were not breastfed.	3. Supplementary feeds only. Insufficient breast milk.
(11) No. of Maternal deaths with causes.	1. Acute Toxemia of pregnancy.
(12) No. of Foetal deaths
(a) Stillborn	9.
	Abortion	1
	Premature	2
	Macerated foetus	1
	Induced abortions	2
	Placenta pravia	1
	Toxemia of pregnancy	2
(b) Within 10 days of birth and their causes and the results of their postmortem examinations if obtainable.	6.
	Premature	4
	Haemorrhage	1
	Twin	1