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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The work of the municipal midwives was as follows:-
| l. | The number of maternity deliveries by Municipal Midwives on the district in the year | 1,334 | |
| 2. | The number of live births | 1,328 | |
| 3. | The number of forceps deliveries | 5 | |
| 4. | The number of still births | 6 | |
| 5. | The number of neo-natal deaths | Nil | |
| 6. | The number of premature live born infants | 6 | |
| (1) | 36 weeks - 4 lbs. Transferred to Hospital | ||
| (2) | 36 weeks - 4 lbs. 8 ozs. Discharge Weight 4 lbs.8 ozs. | ||
| (3) | 38 weeks - Twins-4 lbs. 4 ozs. and 4 lbs. 12 ozs. Discharge weight - 4 lbs.8 ozs. and 4 lbs.8 ozs | ||
| (4) | 36 weeks-4 lbs. Breech delivery. Transferred to Hospital | ||
| (5) | 36 weeks-4 lbs. 12 ozs. Discharge Weight 4 lbs. 12 ozs. | ||
| (6) | 37 weeks-Not weighed-Twins. Transferred to Hospital. | ||
| 7. | The number of patients who received Trilene | 10 | |
| 8. | The number of patients who received Gas-Air Analgesia | 1,232 | |
| 9. | The number of cases of P.P. H. (Home 16. Transferred to Hospital 6) | 22 | |
| 10. | The number of cases of manual removal of placenta at home | 2 | |
| 11. | The number of patients who received blood transfusion at home | 5 | |
| 12. | The number of cases to which Flying Squad was called | 6 | |
| 13. | The number of cases of toxaemia of pregnancy treated at home | 10 | |
| 14. | The number of cases of prolonged labour (over 24 hours) | 17 | |
| 15. | The number of breech deliveries | 5 | |
| 16. | The number of twins delivered | 5 sets | |
| 17. | The number of triplets | Nil | |
| 18. | The number of cases of Puerperal Pyrexia | 23 | |
| (Genital Nil ) | |||
| (Extra-Genital 23 ) | |||
| 19. | The number of congenital malformations | 5 | |
| (Talipes 2 ) | |||
| (Congenital heart 1) | |||
| (Hermaphrodite 1) | |||
| (Spina Bifida 1) | |||
| 20. | Patients given Pethedine | 713 | |
| 21. | Patients sent to Hospital | 36 2 | |
| (Ante-natal 288) | |||
| (During Labour 67) | |||
| (After Delivery 7) | |||
| 22. | Patients sent home for nursing | 401 | |
| (Home booked 236) | |||
| (Hospital booked 165) | |||