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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 56.
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. | ||
| Adherent placenta | 3 | _ | Abnormal ankle | 1 | 1 |
| Ante-partum haemorrhage | 7 | - | Abnormal thumb on right hand | 1 | _ |
| Abdominal tenderness | 3 | - | Asphyxiated baby | 1 | — |
| Albumen in urine | 4 | - | Convulsions | 1 | — |
| Breathlessness | 1 | - | Cold | 1 | — |
| Bruised knee following fall | 1 | - | Difficult breathing | 1 | — |
| Discharging eyes | 13 | — | |||
| Delayed 2nd stage of labour | 10 | - | Foetal distress | 1 | — |
| Jaundiced baby | 3 | — | |||
| Delayed labour | 17 | - | Malæna at birth | 1 | — |
| Extending arms in a breech | 1 | - | Mongolian | 1 | — |
| Premature baby | 4 | — | |||
| Extended breech | 4 | - | Sudden collapse | 1 | — |
| Fall during pregnancy complaining of pain | 1 | - | Slight rash | 1 | — |
| Spina bifida | 1 | — | |||
| Inflamed veins | 1 | - | Skin eruption | 1 | — |
| Inflammation of breast | 3 | - | Tooth at birth | 1 | — |
| Unsatisfactory condition | 4 | ||||
| Miscarriage | 3 | - | |||
| Marginal placenta prævia | 1 | - | |||
| Prolapsed arm (twins) | 1 | - | |||
| Puffiness of hands and face | 1 | - | |||
| Pyrexia | 10 | — | |||
| Persistent red lochia | 1 | — | |||
| Rapid pulse rate, persistent | 1 | - | |||
| Ruptured perineum | 51 | 3 | |||
| Severe headache | 2 | — | |||
| Sub-involution of uterus | 1 | - | |||
| Shoulder presentation | 3 | — | |||
| Swollen legs | 2 | — | |||
| Swelling in joint of hand | - | 1 | |||
| Severe pain in legs | 1 | — | |||
| Threatened abortion | 3 | — | |||
| Varicose veins | — | 1 | |||
| Total | 137 | 5 | 38 | 1 | |
Table No. 57.
Fees Paid to Medical Practitioners under Section 14 of the Midwives Act, 1918.
1st January to 31st December, 1938.
| Number of notifications of Sending for Medical Help | 181 |
| ,, ,, ,, in respect of which fees paid | 148 |
| Total fees paid by Council | £179 6s. 6d. |