Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Stage of pregnancy when first seen—
1-6 months, 233 ; 6-8 months, 36; over 8 months, 6 ; not
stated, 1.
Arrangements for confinements—
Borough Maternity Hospital 132
Borough midwife 102
Private „ 19
L.C.C. 12
L.C.C. hospital 3
Other arrangements 8
Cases referred for dental treatment 78
Cases referred to St. James'Hospital for X-ray 2
Abnormalities met with at the clinic included the following—
High blood pressure 4
Albuminuria 1
Contracted pelvis 1
Cardiac disease 4
? Tuberculosis 1
Severe varicose veins 1
Others 3
Tuesday Afternoon (Special) Clinic.
Sessions held 52
Attendances 718
Average attendance per clinic 13.8
Bloods taken for Wassermann reaction—Negative, 670;
Positive, 1; Doubtful, 4 675
Gynaecological cases included the following—
For diagnosis of pregnancy 9
For diagnosis and treatment of vaginal discharge 3
Retroversion of the gravid uterus 2
Other cases, including prolapses, dermoid cyst of the
ovary, urinary infections, etc 18
Ante-natal cases examined—new, 8; old, 6.
Post-natal cases examined—new, 6; old, 3.
Note.—At this clinic all external versions under anaesthesia
and examinations under anaesthesia for diagnosis of presentation,
etc., were carried out.