Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following table gives the details of the reasons for Mid- wives summoning medical aid:-
Abortion | _ | Other Causes | 29 |
Miscarriage | 29 | ||
FOR COMPLICATIONS DURING LABOUR | |||
Breech | 18 | Episiotomy | 16 |
Maipresentation | 7 | Post-partum haemorrhage | 14 |
Premature Labour | 15 | Adherent and Retained Placenta | 3 |
Delayed Labour | 18 | Torn Perineum | 69 |
Ante-partum haemorrhage | 12 | Other Causes | 46 |
218 | |||
Pyrexia | 28 | Pain in Breasts | 9 |
Pain in Legs | 6 | Other Causes | 26 |
Rhesus Negative Blood | 7 | 76 | |
Inflammation of Byes | 30 | Still Birth | 2 |
Other Causes 21 | 53 | ||
Grand Total | 376 |
Reasons for the discontinuance of breast feeding are no longer
notified.