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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 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Table: Supervision of Midwives.The following is a summary of the reasons for sending for medical help by midwives: —

Supervision of Midwives.

The following is a summary of the reasons for sending for medical help by midwives: —

Perineal Tear118
Prolonged Labour44
Rise of Temperature41
Discharging Eyes40
Miscarriage29
Feebleness of Infant ...20
Malpresentation15
Watery Blisters ...15
Post-Partum Haemorrhage13
Ante-Partum Haemorrhage10
Retained Placenta7
Albuminuria6
Circumcision2
Other Causes49
1' ' I H * \M 99409
Notices summoning medical aid409
For (a) Mothers,315
For (b) Infants94

Table: Notification that they had been associated with the undermentioned conditions were received from midwives as under: —

Notification that they had been associated with the undermentioned conditions were received from midwives as under: —

Liable to be sources of infection60
Substitution of artificial feeding19
Stillbirths13
Infant Deaths8
Laying out dead bodies3