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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Accidental Ante-Partum Haemorrhage (14 cases).
| Mayday Hospital Booked. | Mayday HospitalEmergency. | St. Mary's Mat. Hosp. Booked. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| Number of stillbirths and infant deaths | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Foetal and infant mortality | 50% | 40% | 33% | 42% |
There were 3 maternal deaths, all emergencies, suffering from
acute nephritic toxaemia.
Placenta Praevia (30 cases).
| Mayday Hospital Booked. | Mayday Hospital Emergency | St. Mary's Mat. Hosp. . Booked. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | 15 | 10 | 5 | 30 |
| Number of stillbirths and infant deaths | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Foetal and infant mortality | 21% | 10% | 60% | 22% |
No mother died.
Contracted Pelvis (including relative disproportion ' between the
pelvis and foetal head).
20 cases were treated by surgical induction of premature labour and 26 by Caesarean Section.
| Method of Treatment. | Mayday Hospital Booked. | Mayday Hospital Emergency. | St. Mary's Maternity Hospital Booked. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No.of Cases. | Infant Deaths | No.of Cases. | Infant Deaths | No.of Cases. | Infant Deaths | No.of Cases. | Infant Deaths | |
| Spontaneous delivery | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Forceps delivery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Embryotomy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Caesazean section | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Total | 36 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 3 |