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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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FORCEPS DELIVERY.
Forceps were applied 36 times when the vertex was presenting;
details of each case are given in the following tables. Number of
stillbirths and infant deaths, 5.
Foetal mortality, 13.6 per cent.
Maternal mortality, nil.
Forceps rate for all cases, 5.4 per cent.
| Number of Cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Primiparae, | Multiparae. All | cases | |
| Prolonged second stage | |||
| Delay in second stage | — | ||
| Persistent occipito-posterior | |||
| position | |||
| Prolapse of cord | — | ||
| Maternal distress | — | ||
| Cardiac disease | — | I | |
| Inertia | — | ||
| Totals | |||