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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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PERINEAL SUTURE.
Perineal suture was performed 284 times.
| (6) Breech presentation | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| (c) Vertex presentation Forceps delivery | 22 | 2 | 24 |
| Total | 48 | 6 | 54 |
| (ii) Midwives' Cases:— | |||
| 178 | 46 | 224 | |
| — | 6 | 6 | |
| Total | 178 | 52 | 230 |
| Number of infants born | Primiparae. | Multiparae. | All cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | per cent. | Total | per cent. | Total | per cent. | |
| 421 | 244 | 665 | ||||
| Number of stillbirths :— | ||||||
| 12 | 2.9 | 3 | 1.23 | 15 | 2.25 | |
| 4 | 0.95 | 3 | 1.23 | 7 | 1.05 | |
| Total | 16 | 3.85 | 6 | 2.46 | 22 | 3.3 |
| Number of infant deaths:— | ||||||
| 1 | 0.24 | — | — | 1 | 0.5 | |
| (b) Premature | 5 | 1.2 | 2 | 0.8 | 7 | 1.05 |
| Total | 6 | 1.44 | 2 | 0.8 | 8 | 1.55 |