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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 58 Medical Aid
| 1959 | 1958 | |
|---|---|---|
| (a) Domiciliary cases in which medical aid was summoned:— | ||
| (i) Where the medical practitioner had arranged to provide the patient with maternity medical services under the national health service | 69 | 67 |
| (ii) Others | - | 8 |
| Totals | 69 | 75 |
Medical Aid
| For Mother | For Child | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Early rupture of membranes | 1 | Sticky eyes | 1 |
| Post-partum haemorrhage | 4 | Symptom of a cold | 1 |
| Ruptured perineum | 37 | ||
| Delayed 2nd stage | 2 | ||
| Raised temperature | 1 | ||
| Foetal distress | 4 | ||
| Ante-partum haemorrhage | 2 | ||
| Prolapsed cord | 1 | ||
| Delayed 1st stage | 3 | ||
| Twin pregnancy | 3 | ||
| Disproportion | 2 | ||
| Prematurity | 3 | ||
| Hæmatoma, vaginal wall | 1 | ||
| Breech delivery | 1 | ||
| Toxaemia of pregnancy | 1 | ||
| Maternal distress | 1 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 2 | |