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 Dagenham]
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The following is a summary of the reasons for sending for medical help by midwives: —
Perineal Tear | |
Prolonged Labour | |
Rise of Temperature | |
Discharging Eyes | |
Miscarriage | |
Feebleness of Infant ... | |
Malpresentation | |
Watery Blisters ... | |
Post-Partum Haemorrhage | |
Ante-Partum Haemorrhage | |
Retained Placenta | |
Albuminuria | |
Circumcision | |
Other Causes | |
Notices summoning medical aid | |
For (a) Mothers | |
For (b) Infants |
Notification that they had been associated with the undermentioned conditions were received from midwives as under: —
Liable to be sources of infection | 60 |
Substitution of artificial feeding | 19 |
Stillbirths | 13 |
Infant Deaths | 8 |
Laying out dead bodies | 3 |