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infants department of the school concerned. This information is set out on a form
supplied by the London County Council and is intended for the use of the School
Medical Officer when examining school entrants.
Notice of attendance at school has brought to our knowledge families hitherto
unknown to us, having recently entered the Borough. This knowledge has been
very useful in connection with Maternity and Child Welfare Work generally.
Stillbirths.
During 1033 eighteen stillbirths were registered, 15 of which were legitimate.
Enquiry as to possible causes was made in each case.
Three occurred in the private practice of doctors, one in the extern practice of an
institution, in twelve instances the confinement took place in hospitals, and in two cases no
information was obtainable.
Difficult labour was responsible for four; in two of these there was abnormal presentation
(one was a breach andi in the other the umbilical cord presented), in two there was antepartum
hæmorrhage, breach presentation. Constitutional maternal disorders appeared to
account for three stillbirths; these were albuminuria, Blights disease, oedema and heart
disease respectively. Prematurity accounted for one stillbirth. In three cases no definite
reason could be assigned and in seven no information was obtainable.
Illegitimate Children.
The births of 57 illegitimate children were registered. One of these was above
the standard for enquiry; nine lived with both their parents who had a permanent
home together; two with their mothers who worked to support them; seven with
their mothers who remained in their parents' home; four were placed in an
institution; four died in early infancy; three were stillborn; 27 children could not be
traced, the mother often not having stayed at the address given for more than one
or two nights before the birth of the child.
Dental Treatment.

The figure in brackets relaid to the number of teeth extracted.
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