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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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| Reg. No. | Case No. | Gravida. | Age of Patient. | Indication. | Duration of Labour | Weight of Infant. | Result. M. C. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st stage. | 2nd stage. | 3rd stage. | ||||||||||||
| h | m | h | m | h | m | lb. | oz. | |||||||
| 1005 | 1 | 1 | 38 | Inertia | 94 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 20 | Not weighed | L. | S.B. | |
| 1021 | 2 | 2 | 32 | Prolapse of cord | 4 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 10£ | L. | L. |
| 1015 | 3 | 3 | 27 | Prolonged second stage | 68 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 13 | L. | L. |
| 1124 | 4 | 1 | 34 | Persistent occipito posterior position .. | 72 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 11 | L. | L. |
| 1149 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 5 + | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | L. | L. | |
| 1143 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 12 | L. | L. | |||||
| 1168 | 7 | 1 | 29 | Prolonged second stage | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | L. | L. |
| 1169 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | L. | L. | |
| 1176 | 9 | 1 | 30 | Maternal distress | 5 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | L. | L. |
| 1191 | 10 | 1 | 23 | Persistent occipito posterior position | 31 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | L. | L. |
| 1209 | 11 | 1 | 33 | Delay in progress | 44 | 25 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 9 | L. | L. |
| 1220 | 12 | 1 | 21 | Prolonged second stage | 24 | 30 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | L. | L. |
| 1234 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 11 | L. | L. | |
| 1257 | 14 | 1 | 30 | Delay in second stage | 0 | 30 | 7 | 12 | L. | S.B. | ||||
| 1258 | 15 | 37 | Cardiac disease | 33 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | L. | L. | |
| 1283 | 16 | 1 | 23 | Persistent occipito posterior position .. | 39 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 13 | L. | L. |
| 1205 | 17 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 15 | L. | L. | ||
| 1342 | 18 | 1 | 28 | Delay in second stage | 0 | 25 | 6 | 14 | L. | |||||
| 1330 | 19 | 1 | 29 | Prolonged second stage | 12 | 45 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 2 | L. | L. |
| 1337 | 20 | 1 | 30 | Delay in second stage | 9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | L. | L. |
| 1404 | 21 | 1 | 28 | Prolonged second stage | 24 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 10 | L. | L. |
| 1563 | 22 | 1 | 28 | Persistent occipito posterior position | 21 | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 9 | L. | L. |
| 1569 | 23 | 1 | 22 | Prolonged second stage | 16 | 45 | 3 | 40+ | 0 | 30 | 7 | 4 | L. | L. |
| 1613 | 24 | 1 | 28 | Persistent occipito posterior position | 29 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 1 | L. | L. |
| 1721 | 25 | 1 | 28 | Delay in second stage | 0 | 10 | 7 | 8 | L. | L. | ||||
| 1754 | 26 | 29 | Persistent occipito posterior position | 0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | L. | S.B. | |||||
| 1760 | 27 | 1 | 31 | Prolonged second stage | 12 | 0 | ?4 | 30 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 7 | L. | L. |
| 1771 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 30 | ?3 | 45 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 2 | L. | L. | ||
| 1795 | 29 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 0 + | 0 | 20 | 7 | 12 | L. | L. | |||
| 1746 | 30 | 1 | 33 | Persistent occipito posterior position | 0 | 20 | 10 | 4 | L. | S.B. | ||||
| 1228 | 31 | 1 | 25 | Delay in second stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 11 | L. | L. | ||
| 1134 | 32 | 1 | 24 | 48 | 0 + | 8 | 14 | L. | S.B. | |||||
| 1353 | 33 | 1 | 28 | Persistent occipito posterior position | 30 | 15 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | L. | |
| 1568 | 34 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 0 + | 0 | 25 | 7 | 15 | L. | L. | |||
| 1585 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 2 | L. | L. | ||
| 1456 | 36 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 14 | L. | L. | |||||
| * CAESAREAN SECTION.—1 Case. | ||||||||||||||
| 1134 | 1 | 24 | Disproportion | 48 | 0+ | 8 | 14 | L. | S.B. | |||||
Remarks.
Case 7.—Child: Long moulded head. Disproportion.
,, 11.—Marked moulding of ch;ld's head.
,, 13.—Weighed on third day after birth. Disproportion.
,, 17.—Infant very moulded head. Weighed on sixth
day. Disproportion.
,, 19.—Disproportion.
,, 20.—Infant very moulded head.
*Case 1.—Unsuccessful attempt at delivery with forceps.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Remarks.
Case 21.—Disproportion.
,, 23.—Excessive moulding of infant's head.
Disproportion.
,, 31.—Second infant of twins.
,, 32.—Disproportion. Failed forceps. Caesarean
section. Puerperal Pyrexia.
,, 34.—Disproportion.
,, 36.—Disproportion.