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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
Ealing 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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These patients were suffering from:—
| Toxaemia | 7 |
| Threatened abortion | 2 |
| Mitral stenosis | 2 |
| Pyelitis | 1 |
| Epilepsy | 1 |
| Epistaxis | 1 |
| Hydramnios | 1 |
| Threatened disproportion | 2 |
| Breech presentation (Version under anaesthesia performed) | 1 |
| Found not to be in labour (One patient with chronic pyelitis) | 2 |
Mothers.—Apart from the emergency and ante-natal cases already alluded to, the following were the abnormalities and complications encountered:—
| Ante- Natal Period. | |
|---|---|
| Toxaemia (requiring surgical induction 6) | 23 |
| Toxaemic vomiting | 1 |
| Eclampsia (requiring surgical induction) | 2 |
| Pyelitis | 3 |
| Heart disease | 3 |
| Disproportion (requiring surgical induction) | 5 |
| Disproportion (requiring trial labour) | 1 |
| Disproportion (normal labour) | 1 |
| Breech presentation (requiring surgical induction) | 2 |
| Breech presentation (requiring version) | 1 |
| Postmaturity (requiring medical induction) | 1 |
| Intrauterine death of foetus (requiring medical induction) | 1 |
| Hydramnios | 1 |
| Ante-partum haemorrhage (? cause) | 1 |
| Threatened abortion | 2 |
| Hydatidiform mole | 1 |
| Epilepsy | 1 |
| Epistaxis | 1 |