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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Eclampsia 3
Puerperal Pyrexia 52
Uterine Infection 15
Breast Infection 19
Urinary Infection 5
Sundries 9
No cause found 4
Operations performed—
Forceps Delivery 25
The “forceps rate” was therefore 2.8 per cent.
Cæsarean Section 7
Heart Disease 2
Oedema of Vulva 2
Disproportion 1
Previous Cæsarean Section 1
Ovarian Cyst 1
Manual Removal of Placenta 5
Embryotomy 5
Hysterotomy and Sterilisation 2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1
Heart Disease 1
Induction of Premature Labour 13
906 viable children were born to 897 mothers. Of these 31 were stillborn and 22 died.