London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The following is a summary of the 201 cases in which
medical help was sought:—
Mother:—
Anaesthetic 33
Haemorrhage—Ante-partum 18
Post-partum 6
Malpresentations 11
Miscarriage 3
Prolonged labour 16
Rise of temperature 3
Retained placenta 6
Ruptured perineum 25
Uterine inertia 1
Miscellaneous causes 31
153
Child:—
Discharging eyes 27
Prematurity 2
Unsatisfactory condition 5
Miscellaneous causes 14
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By agreement, dated 1st January, 1924, with the
Plaistow Maternity Hospital and District Nurses'Home,
the Council annually subsidised the Hospital on any
deficit from ^300 in respect of the district midwifery