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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. | ||||||
| Poor general health during pregnancy | 26 weeks | Vertex | ? | 1 | 2 | — | Own Doctor | Birth in hospital |
| Poor general health during pregnancy | Term | Vertex | 8 hours | — | 1 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Birth in hospital |
| Poor general health during pregnancy | Term | ? | 4 hours | 2 | 1 | — | Hospital | Birth in hospital. Mother spinal curvature. |
| Poor general health during pregnancy (Mitral Stenosis) | 32 weeks | Vertex | ? | — | 2 | — | None | Birth in hospital. Maternal death. |
| Poor general health during pregnancy | Term | Face | 12 hours | — | 2 | — | Midwife | Macerated foetus |
| Poor general health during pregnancy (Anaemia) | 32 weeks | Vertex | 8 hours | — | 5 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | — |
| Poor general health during pregnancy | Term | ? | 48 hours | — | 1 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Birth in hospital |
| Prolapse of cord (Malpresentation) | 28 weeks | Footling | 6 hours | — | 1 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | — |
| Prolapse of cord (Malpresentation) | Term | ? | 26 hours | — | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | — | |
| Prolapse of cord (Malpresentation) | Term | Transverse | 12 hours | — | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Birth in hospital | |
| Prolapse of cord (10 lbs. baby) | Term | Breech | 3 hours | — | — | Midwife | — | |
| Prolapse of cord | Term | Breech | 6 hours | — | — | Midwife | — | |
| Toxaemia of pregnancy | Term | Vertex | 2 hours | 1 | 1 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | — |
| Toxaemia of pregnancy | Term | Vertex | ? | — | — | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Birth in hospital. Macerated foetus. |
| Toxaemia of pregnancy | ? Post mature | Vertex | 3 hours | — | 1 | — | Own Doctor | Maternal death |
| Toxaemia of pregnancy | 28 weeks | Vertex | 16 hours | — | — | — | Midwife | Birth in hospital |
| Toxaemia of pregnancy | 28 weeks | Vertex | ? | — | — | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Birth in hospital |
| Toxaemia of pregnancy | 38 weeks | Vertex | 2 hours | — | 5 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Macerated foetus |
| Toxaemia of pregnancy | 38 weeks | Vertex | 14 hours | — | — | — | Ante-Natal Clinic and hospital | Birth in hospital |
| Toxaemia of pregnancy | Term | Breech | 3 hours | 1 | 3 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | — |
| ? | Term | Vertex | 12 hours | — | — | — | Midwife | — |
| ? | Term | Vertex | 6 hours | — | Own Doctor | — | ||
| ? | Term | Vertex | 6 hours | — | — | — | Own Doctor | Macerated foetus |
| ? | 28 weeks | Vertex | 12 hours | 1 | — | Hospital | Birth in hospital. (One of twins.) | |
| ? | 30 weeks | Vertex | 6 hours | — | 1 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic and hospital | Birth in hospital |
| ? | Term | Vertex | 12 hours | 1 | — | — | Own Doctor | — |
| ? | 36 weeks | Vertex | 12 hours | — | — | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Birth in hospital. |
| ? | Term | Breech | 3 hours | — | 2 | — | Ante-Natal Clinic | Macerated foetus, One of twins |
| ? | 28 weeks | Vertex | ½ hour | — | 1 | — | None | — |
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