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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
Walthamstow 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| Number of cases admitted to the Maternity Home :— | ||
| (a) Confinements:— | ||
| (i) Primiparse | 380 | 112 |
| (ii) Multipara | 266 | 117 |
| Total | 646 | 229 |
| Delivered by a doctor | 82 | 34 |
| Delivered by a midwife | 564 | 195 |
| Total | 646 | 229 |
| 97 | 29 | |
| 4 | - | |
| Total admissions | 747 | 258 |
| Average duration of stay in the Maternity Home in days | 13.5 | 14.0 |
| Emergency Cases admitted (included in total admissions) | 12 | Nil |
REASONS FOR ADMISSION.
Placenta prævia; Hydramnios, twins; Locked twins; Albuminuria;
For diagnosis of presentation; Prolonged labour (2);
Eclampsia (2); Adherent Placenta; Investigation—? cause of
foetal death.
| No. of Cases. | No. of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Albuminuria | 26 | Ante-Partum haemorrhage | 3 |
| Hyperpiesis | 6 | Bronchitis | 2 |
| Œdema | 1 | External version | 2 |
| Persistent vomiting of pregnancy | 3 | Premature rupture of membranes | 2 |
| Pyelitis and urinary infection | 2 | Induction of labour | 6 |
| Debility; anæmia | 7 | Varicose veins | 1 |
| Carditis | 2 | Miscarriage | 2 |
| Patients admitted for observation and discharged because not in labour | 32 | ||
| Total ante-natal cases | 97 | ||