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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
Barking 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Thirty-four midwives notified the Local Supervising Authority of their intention
to practise within the Borough during the period 1st April, 1935 to the 31st
December, 1935, and the number who were engaged in practice in the Borough at
the end of the year was as follows :—
At Upney Hospital 5
At the District Nurses' Home of the Plaistow Maternity
Hospital 2
In private practice 10
The number of visits of inspection paid by the Inspector of Midwives was 51.
The following is a summary of notifications received from midwives :—
| Medical Help | 178 |
| Deaths of Mother or Child | 9 |
| Laying out the Dead | 5 |
| Still-births | 9 |
| Liability to be a source of Infection | 9 |
| Artificial Feeding . | 5 |
| 215* |
* Of these, 58 notifications were received from the Upney Maternity
Hospital.
The following is a summary of the 178 cases in which medical help was sought:—
| Mother :— | |
|---|---|
| Anaesthetic | 13 |
| Fit | 2 |
| Haemorrhage—Ante-partum | 6 |
| Post-partum | 5 |
| Malpresentations | 7 |
| Miscarriage | 1 |
| Prolonged labour | 22 |
| Rise of temperature | 12 |
| Retained placenta | 4 |
| Ruptured perineum | 36 |
| Uterine inertia | 5 |
| Miscellaneous causes | 15 |
| 128 |