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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

Dagenham 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Table: The actual number of illegitimate children who died under the age of one year in 1936 was five, the figure for the previous year being two.

The actual number of illegitimate children who died under the age of one year in 1936 was five, the figure for the previous year being two.

Alleged Cause.Gestation.Presentation.Duration of Labour.. Previous.Ante-Natal Supervision.Further Remarks.
Stilbirths.Live Births.Miscarriages.
Fall39 weeksVertex24 hours-8-NoneMacerated foetus
A.P.H32 weeksVertex10 hours-121Doctor (private)-
? Toxaemia of PregnancyTermVertex4 hours-5-Midwife-
Cord round neckTermVertex40 hours---Doctor (private)-
Premature detachment of PlacentaTerm??---Ante-natal clinic-
Complicated breechTermBreech40 hours-1-Midwife-
?TermVertex?---Ante-natal clinicBirth in hospital
Prolapse of cordTermVertex24 hours---HospitalBirth in hospital
MalpresentationTermTransverse79 hours---Ante-natal clinicBirth in hospital
?TermBreech48 hours---Ante-natal clinic-
Prolonged labourTermVertex12 hours-4-None-
Toxaemia of pregnancyTerm??---Ante-natal clinic and hospitalHospital case (maternal death)
?Term??---Ante-natal clinic-
Prolonged labourTermVertex24 hours-21Ante-natal clinic-
Partial detachment of placentaTermVertex?-3-Ante-natal clinicHospital case
A.P.HTermVertex?-1-HospitalHospital case
?TermVertex10 hours-21Midwife-
A.P.H30 weeksVertex4 hours-44Ante-natal clinicHospital case
Poor general healthTermBreech?-9-Ante-natal clinic and hospitalHospital case
A.P.H38 weeks?16 hours-5-MidwifeRemoved to hospital
? FallTermVertex?-4-Ante-natal clinic and midwifeMacerated foetus
?Term??-2-Ante-natal clinic and hospitalMacerated foetus
?TermBreech7 hours---Midwife-
A.P.HTermVertex5 hours-5-Midwife-
?? Post matureVertex?-2-MidwifeMacerated foetus
?TermFootling6 hours-3-Ante-natal clinic-
?TermPosterior position8 hours12-Ante-natal clinic and midwife-
Poor general health8 monthsVertex26 hours-3-Midwife-
?TermVertex----Doctor (private)Removed to hospital
?8 monthsBreech2 hours-11Midwife-
MalpresentationTermHand presentation--1-Doctor (private)-
Complicated breech8 monthsBreech7 hours34-Doctor (private)-
Partial placenta praevia38 weeksVertex12 hours-6-MidwifeRemoved to hospital
PyelitisTermBreech5-6 hours---Doctor (private)-
?TermVertex24 hours---Midwife-
?TermFace20 hours---Ante-natal clinic, Doctor (private) and Hospital.Macerated foetus
MalpresentationTerm??---NoneRemoved to hospital
?TermVertex4 hours-3-Midwife-
A.P.H.TermVertex20 hours-2-Doctor (private)-
-? Post mature-6 hours-7-NoneB.B.A.
FallTermVertex6 hours-2-NoneMacerated foetus
? Anaemia8 monthsVertex3 hours13-Ante-natal clinic-
Cord round neckTermVertex-17-Ante-natal clinic and midwifeMacerated foetus
FallTermVertex12 hours---Doctor (private)-
? Influenza36 weeksVertex12 hours131Ante-natal clinic-
?TermVertex4 hours-51MidwifeMacerated foetus
Albuminaria during pregnancy (Eclampsia)TermVertex?---Ante-natal clinic and midwife-
?TermFootling16 hours12-Ante-natal clinic early in pregnancy ...-
Poor general healthTerm? Vertex6 hours13-Doctor (private)Macerated foetus
Placenta praevia7 months? FootlingLabour induced---Ante-natal clinicRemoved to hospital