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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 1945

[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 Tear124
Rise of Temperature29
Discharging Eyes29
Prolonged Labour25
Malpresentation21
Miscarriage16
Ante-Partum Haemorrhage16
Post-Partum Haemorrhage13
Threatened Miscarriage13
Feebleness of Infant8
Premature Baby7
Albuminuria5
Watery Blisters4
Retained Placenta4
Jaundice4
Toxaemia of Pregnancy4
Premature Labour4
Unsatisfactory Condition of Patient3
Other Causes55
384
Notices summoning medical aid384
For (a) Mothers309
For (b) Infants75

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

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

Stillbirths17
Liable to be sources of infection14
Substitution of artificial feeding10
Infant deaths7
Laying out dead bodies1