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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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POSTERIOR POSITION OF VERTEX.
| No. | Age of Patient. | Parity. | Method of Treatment. | Duration of Labour. | Weight of Infant. | Result Child. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st stage. | 2nd stage. | 3rd stage. | ||||||||||
| Hrs. | Mins. | Hrs. | Mins. | Hrs. | Mins. | Lbs. | Ozs. | |||||
| 1 | 27 | 1 | Manual rotation Forceps | 36 | 30 | 4 | - | 50 | 6 | 8 | L | |
| 2 | 30 | I | Ditto | 51 | 30 | 3 | 30 | 25 | 8 | 4 | L | |
| 3 | 33 | 1 | Ditto | 31 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 25 | 7 | 2 | L | |
| 4 | 26 | 1 | Ditto | ? | ? | 5 | 7 | 13 | L | |||
| 5 | 27 | 1 | Ditto | ? | ? | 15 | - | - | S.B | |||
| 6 | 31 | 1 | Ditto | 23 | 30 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 9 | L | |
| 7 | 27 | 1 | Ditto | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 15 | L | |
| 8 | 29 | 1 | Ditto | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 2 | L | |
| 9 | 25 | 1 | Ditto | 23 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 25 | — | __ | D | |
| 10 | 29 | 1 | Ditto | 12 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 14 | L |
| 11 | 25 | 1 | Ditto | 64 | 30 | 3 | 25 | 25 | — | — | S.B. | |
| 12 | 31 | 1 | Ditto | ? | ? | 10 | 4 | 4 | L | |||
| 13 | 21 | 1 | Spontaneous rotation and delivery | 19 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 14 | L | |
| 14 | 25 | 1 | Ditto do. | 32 | 0 | 55 | 22 | 6 | 12 | L | ||
| 15 | 25 | 2 | Spontaneous delivery. Face to pubes | 11 | 30 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 0 | L | ||
| 16 | 20 | 1 | Ditto do. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 40 | 6 | 0 | L | |
| 17 | 33 | 3 | Spontaneous rotation and delivery | 37 | 15 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 2 | L | ||
| 18 | 21 | 1 | Ditto | 13 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 14 | L | |
| 19 | 26 | 1 | Ditto | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | L | |
| 20 | 24 | 1 | Manual rotation Forceps | 29 | 30 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 0 | L | |
| 21 | 30 | 1 | Manual rotation in 1st Stage. Spontaneous delivery | 45 | 45 | 2 | 45 | 20 | 6 | 0 | L | |
| 22 | 24 | 1 | Manual rotation. Forceps delivery | 30 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 10 | 7 | 8 | L | |
| 23 | 27 | l | Spontaneous delivery. Face to pubes | 10 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 10 | L | |
| 24 | 25 | l | Ditto do. | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | L | |
REMARKS.—Maturity: 40 weeks in all cases. Cases 4 and 5: failed forceps from District. Emergency admission during labour.
Case 9: cause of infant death, intracranial haemorrhage. Case 10: manual removal of placenta. Case 11: delay in
delivery owing to impaction of shoulders. Case 12: foetal death during the first stage of labour. Case 13: first
infant of locked twins. Case 21 : moulding of infant's head very pronounced,