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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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| Alleged Cause. | Gestation. | Presentation. | Duration of Labour. | Previous. | Ante-Natal Supervision. | Further Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillbirths. | Live Births. | Miscarriages. | ||||||
| Ante-Partum Haemorrhage | Term | Vertex | 6 hours | — | 2 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Birth in hospital |
| Ante-Partum Haemorrhage | Term | Breech | 16 hours | — | 8 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Birth in hospital |
| Ante-Partum Haemorrhage (Concealed) | 30 weeks | 18 hours | — | — | — | Ante-Natal Clinic and hospital | Birth in hospital. Macerated foetus. (Maternal death.) | |
| Ante-Partum Haemorrhage (Concealed) | 28 weeks | 3 hours | — | 6 | — | Midwife | Birth in hospital. (Maternal death.) | |
| Ante-Partum Haemorrhage | 29 weeks | Vertex | 2 hours | — | 1 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Birth in hospital |
| Ante-Partum Haemorrhage | 28 weeks | Vertex | 12 hours | — | — | — | Midwife | Birth in hospital |
| Ante-Partum Haemorrhage | Term | Vertex | 3 hours | — | 3 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Birth in hospital. |
| Ante-Partum Haemorrhage (Poor general health during pregnancy) | Term | Vertex | — | — | — | Hospital | Macerated foetus. Birth in hospital | |
| Ante-Partum Haemorrhage (Placenta praevia) | Term | Vertex | 6 hours | 1 | 4 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Birth in hospital |
| Asphyxia (Cord round neck of foetus) | Term | Vertex | 28 hours | — | — | — | Ante-Natal Clinic and hospital | Birth in hospital |
| Asphyxia (Cord round neck of foetus) | Term | Vertex | 14 hours | — | — | — | Ante-Natal Clinic and hospital | — |
| Asphyxia (Cord round neck of foetus) | Term | Vertex | 4 hours | — | 3 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic and hospital | Birth in hospital |
| Asphyxia (Cord round neck of foetus) | Term | Vertex | — | — | 1 | Ante-Natal Clinic and hospital | Birth in hospital | |
| Asphyxia (Cord round neck of foetus) | Term | Vertex | 6 hours | — | — | — | Own Doctor | — |
| Asphyxia (Cord round neck of foetus) | Term | Vertex | 2 hours | — | 3 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | — |
| Asphyxia (Cord round neck of foetus) | Term. | Vertex | 12 hours | — | — | — | Hospital | Birth in hospital |
| Complicated Breech | Term | Breech | 3 hours | — | 1 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic early in preg nancy. | One of twins |
| Complicated Breech | Term | Breech | 36 hours | — | — | — | None | — |
| Complicated Breech | Term | Breech | 16 hours | — | 1 | — | Own Doctor | — |
| Complicated Breech | Term | Breech | 8 hours | 1 | 1 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic and hospital | Birth in hospital |
| Delayed Labour | Term | R.O.P. | 72 hours | — | — | — | Ante-Natal Clinic and hospital | Birth in hospital |
| Delayed Labour (Early rupture of membranes) | 28 weeks | Vertex | ? 7 days | — | 2 | 1 | Own Doctor | — |
| Delayed Labour | Term | Vertex | 54 hours | — | — | — | Midwife | — |
| Delay of aftercoming head | Term | Breech | 4 hours | — | 4 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | — |
| Eclampsia-Prolapse of cord | Term | Vertex | 8 hours | — | — | — | Midwife | Birth in hospital. |
| Excessive sickness during pregnancy | 37 weeks | Vertex | 3 hours | — | 6 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | One of twins. Macerated foetus. |
| Injury due to fall at 39th week of pregnancy | Term | Vertex | 12 hours | — | — | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Macerated foetus |
| Malformation of foetus (Hydrocephalic) | Term | 6 hours | — | 6 | — | Midwife | B.B.A. Macerated foetus | |
| Malformation of foetus | Term | Vertex | — | 3 | — | Midwife | Birth in hospital. Macerated foetus. | |