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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
Croydon 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The Rules of the Central Midwives Board lay down that the
Local Supervising Authority must be informed, within 36 hours,
by a midwife if she has summoned medical help during pregnancy,
in a confinement or within ten days afterwards.
The following table gives details of the reasons for sending for medical aid.
| For Complications during Pregnancy : | |||
| Albuminuria | 11 | Other causes | 8 |
| Abortion | 1 | ||
| 20 | |||
| For Complications during Labour : | |||
| Breech | 5 | Hand | 1 |
| Face | 2 | Foot | 1 |
| Extended Breech | 4 | Occipito-Posterior | 4 |
| Transverse | 1 | Prolapsed Cord | 2 |
| Head | 4 | Undiagnosed | 6 |
| 30 | |||
| 5 | 5 | ||
| Uterine Inertia | 17 | Prolonged | 38 |
| Delayed | 37 | ||
| 92 | |||
| Ante-Partum | 13 | Post-Partum | 7 |
| 20 | |||
| Adherent Placenta | 3 | Illness of Mother | 15 |
| Retained Placenta | 5 | Twins | 4 |
| Torn Perineum | 64 | Eclampsia | 2 |
| 93 | |||
| For Complications during Puerperium : | |||
| Pyrexia | 20 | Pain in Breasts | 3 |
| Pain in Legs | 7 | Other causes | 2 |
| 32 | |||
| For Complications in regard to the Baby : | |||
| Inflammation of Eyes | 17 | Jaundice | 2 |
| Still-birth | 3 | Convulsions | 1 |
| Feebleness | 3 | Deformities | 5 |
| Premature Birth | 4 | Other causes | 18 |
| 53 | |||
The Council assists in the payment of the midwife's fees for
attendance on a necessitous patient in her confinement. No
attempt is made in such cases to recover from the patient. The