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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
Lewisham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Clinics for Expectant Mothers.
The Central Clinic is held at the Maternity Home on Monday,
Tuesday, and Thursday mornings in each week.
Particulars of the Clinics for the year 1935 are as follows: —
| Number of Sessions held | 148 |
| Number of Patients examined | 706 |
| Number of Attendances made by all Patients | 4,018 |
| Number of Primigravidæ examined | 314 |
| Number of Multigravidæ examined | 314 |
| Number who were found to be not pregnant | 23 |
| Number of normal labours | 400 |
| Number of abnormal labours | 52 |
| Number undelivered at the end of 1935 | 199 |
| Number removed from the district | 32 |
| Number sent by the Maternity Home | 516 |
| Number sent by Midwives | 105 |
| Number sent by Doctors and Institutions | 5 |
| Number who came on their own initiative | 72 |
| Number who came at the suggestion of the Health Visitor | 8 |
| Number who attended for Post-natal examination | 215 |
The labours that ended abnormally are classified as follows : —
| Face | 1 | Ante-Partum Haemorrhage | 1 |
| Breech | 11 | Induction | 6 |
| Forceps | 5 | Induction + Forceps | 1 |
| Forceps and Breech | 1 | Caesarean | 1 |
| Forceps and Manual | Premature Birth | 5 | |
| Removal of Placenta | 1 | Still-births | 8 |
| Adherent Placenta | 4 | Miscarriage | 6 |
| Partial separation of Placenta | 1 |