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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
Beckenham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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| Information Required | Particulars |
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| 10. (a) Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum | |
| — | |
| 11. (a) Number of Maternal deaths | |
| (b) Cause of death in each case | |
| 12. (a) Number of foetal deaths : | |
| (i) Stillborn | 10 |
| (ii) Within 10 days of birth | 6 |
| (b) Cause of death in each case, and results of post - mortem examination (if obtainable) | See below : |
1. Stillbirths :
1. Uterine inertia
(Prolonged labour)
2. Anencephaly.
3. Ante-partum haemorrhage.
4. Toxaemia.
5. Accidental haemorrhage.
6. Extended breech.
7. Cause unknown.
8. Prolonged labour.
instrumental delivery.
9. Cause unknown.
10. Cause unknown.
2. Infant Deaths :
1. Lived 25 minutes,
maturity.
2. Lived 1 day, Convulsions
prematurity.
3. Lived 1 hour, Asphyxia
neonatorum.
4. Lived 11 hours,
pneumonia, congenital
debility.
5. Lived 11 hours, prematurity
—32 weeks.
6. Lived 8 hours, prematurity
—24 weeks.
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