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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 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: The following table gives the details of the reasons for Mid- wives summoning medical aid:-

The following table gives the details of the reasons for Mid- wives summoning medical aid:-

FOR COMPLICATIONS DURING PREGNANCY
Abortion_Other Causes29
MiscarriageTotal29
FOR COMPLICATIONS DURING LABOUR
Breech18Episiotomy16
Maipresentation7Post-partum haemorrhage14
Premature Labour15Adherent and Retained Placenta3
Delayed Labour18Torn Perineum69
Ante-partum haemorrhage12Other Causes46
Total218
FOR COMPLICATIONS DURING PUERPERIUM
Pyrexia28Pain in Breasts9
Pain in Legs6Other Causes26
Rhesus Negative Blood7Total76
FOR COMPLICATIONS IN REGARD TO THE BABY
Inflammation of Byes30Still Birth2
Other Causes 21Total53
Grand Total376

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Reasons for the discontinuance of breast feeding are no longer
notified.