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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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Cause:— Cases.
Uterine infection 5
Urinary infection 6
.Engorged breasts 2
Thrombo-phlebitis 2
Ante-partum hemorrhage followed by Cesarean section 2
Tonsillitis 1
Influenzal cold 1
Pleurisy 1
Respiratory/Urinary infection 1
Undiagnosed 5
Total 26
Labour— Delivery—
Prolonged 1st stage 1 Forceps 5
Prolonged 2nd stage 4 Caesarean section—
Prolonged 1st and 2nd stage 1 (a) before labour 2
Normal 18 (b) in labour 1
— Normal 18
24 —
— 26
(2 cases of Caesarean section not in labour.) —•
Ante-Natal Condition of Patients.
Albuminuria, Hyperpiesis 1 Ante-partum haemorrhage 2
Albuminuria, Hyperpiesis, Vaginal discharge 2
CEdema 3 Anaemia 2
Hyperpiesis, Urinary infection 1 Normal 10
Hyperpiesis, Ante-partum No records 2
haemorrhage 1 —
Dental sepsis 1 Total 26
Catarrhal jaundice 1 —