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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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A Numerical Summary of cases admitted for treatment, delivered in Hospital, or admitted after delivery.
Some cases appear in more than on ecategory in the summary.
| Mayday Hospital Booked. | Mayday Hospital Emergency. | St. Mary's Maternity Hospital Booked. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albuminuria | ||||
| Eclampsia | ||||
| Persistent vomiting of pregnancy | — | |||
| Chronic cervicitis | — | — | ||
| Acute pyelitis | ||||
| Other urinary infection | ||||
| Malnutrition, debility, simple anaemia, etc. | ||||
| Ante-partum thrombo-phlebitis | — | |||
| Breech presentation for version | — | |||
| Disproportion | 16 | |||
| Post-maturity | — | — | 1 | |
| Retroverted gravid uterus | — | - | ||
| Chronic nephritis | — | — | ||
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 6 | — | 7 | |
| Venereal disease | — | |||
| Pneumonia | _ | _ | — | |
| Chronic rheumatic carditis | 3 | 3 | - | |
| Exophthalmic goitre | — | — | ||
| Insanity | 2 | — | ||
| 3. Conditions chiefly Natal. | ||||
| Presentations at Delivery— | ||||
| Anterior positions of the vertex | ||||
| Posterior positions of the vertex | ||||
| Breech |