London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Willesden 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 49.
Reasons for Sending for Medical Help.
| For Mother. | Medical Help sought by Midwives. | For Child. | Medical Help sought by Midwives. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living in Willesden. | Living outside Willesden. | Living in Willesden. | Living outside Willesden. | ||
| Ante-Natal examinations | 1 | – | Asphyxia neonatorum | 1 | – |
| Ante-partum Haemorrhage | 7 | 2 | Baby requires to be circumcised | 1 | – |
| Albumin in Urine | — | 1 | Bleeding from rectum | 1 | – |
| Acute swellings of legs | 1 | — | |||
| Acute Vaginal discharge | 1 | – | Cold in baby's eye | 1 | 2 |
| Child born with spina bifida | – | 1 | |||
| Cord presentation | 1 | — | |||
| Complicated breech presentation | 1 | – | Discharge from both eyes | 1 | – |
| Complete abortion | 1 | — | Deformity of left foot | 1 | – |
| Cough and pain in chest | – | 2 | |||
| Doubtful stillborn | 1 | – | |||
| Continual vomiting during second stage previous history of albuminuria | 1 | – | Deformity of baby's left arm | 1 | – |
| Fœtal distress breech presentation | 1 | – | |||
| Delayed labour | 5 | — | |||
| Delayed second stage of labour | 8 | 2 | Failing fœtal heart, head on perineum | – | 1 |
| Distressed condition of patient during labour | – | 2 | |||
| Hare lip and cleft palate | – | 1 | |||
| Difficult labour | – | 2 | Illness of baby | 3 | 3 |
| Early rupture of membranes | 3 | – | Lump formed over groin | 1 | – |
| Excessive vomiting | 1 | — | Premature infant, very yellow and limp | – | 1 |
| Face presentation | 1 | — | |||
| General debility and defective teeth | 1 | – | |||
| Slightly sticky eye | 2 | 3 | |||
| Hand and cord presentation | 1 | – | Slightly jaundiced and ill looking baby | 1 | – |
| Laceration of perineum | 20 | 9 | |||
| Suspicious spots on baby | – | 1 | |||
| Prolonged third stage | — | 1 | |||
| Persistent posterior position | 1 | – | |||
| Pain in leg some days after confinement | 1 | – | |||
| Patient complaining of severe abdominal pain during pregnancy | 1 | 1 | |||
| Pain and redness of left breast | – | 1 | |||
| Pain in back, headache, temperature 100.6°F., pulse rate 120. 7 months pregnant | – | 1 | |||
| Patient 33—34 weeks pregnant. No fœtal heart heard. No movement felt | – | 1 | |||
| Rise of temperature | 2 | — | |||
| Retained placenta | 1 | — | |||
| Septic feet | 1 | — | |||
| Severe pain in head and rapid respiration confined | – | 1 | |||
| Secondary Post-par-tum hæmorrhage | 2 | – | |||
| Swelling of face and hands after delivery | 1 | – | |||
| Threatened miscarriage | 1 | — | |||
| ?Thrombosis of leg | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 66 | 27 | 16 | 13 | |
| 93 | 29 | ||||