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Walthamstow 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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FORCEPS DELIVERY.
Forceps were applied 41 times; the details of the cases are
given in the following table.
The forceps rate is 6.3 per cent. Number of infants
delivered, 42, including one pair of twins. Number of stillbirths,
5. Number of infant deaths, 2. Foetal mortality rate,
16.6 per cent.
There was one maternal death, a case of Fulminant
Eclampsia admitted as an emergency case during labour.
Analysis of Forceps Cases.
No. of Cases.
Delay in second stage of labour 10
Disproportion; delay in second stage of labour 10
Persistent occipito-posterior 14
Prolapse of cord 1
Foetal distress 2
Cardiac disease 1
Pre-eclamptic toxaemia 1
Eclampsia 1
Maternal distress 1
Total 41
Two cases were admitted to the Home after failed forceps.