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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| Reg. No. | Case No. | Gravida. | Age of Patient. | Onset of Symptoms. | Maturity on Admission. | Headaches. | Eye Symptoms. | Oedema. | Albuminuria. | Highest Blood Pressure. | Blood | Fits | No. of days in Hospital before delivery or discharge. | Onset of Labour. | Maturity of Child. | Type of Delivery. | Result. | Condition of Patient on discharge. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Onset. | No. | M. | C. | Albumin. | Blood Pressure. | |||||||||||||||
| Weeks. | Weeks. | Weeks. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 | I | P | 32 | 30 + | 30 + | Yes | Yes | Yes | Cloud. Solid during Eclampsia | 196/114 | 18 | After induction by rupture of membranes | 5 | 21 before delivery | Following induction | 34 | Spontaneous | L. | Died day of birth | Slight Cloud | 134/82 |
| 2055 | 2 | P | 28 | 38 | 38 | Nil | Nil | Yes | Trace | 190/120 | 15 | First stage of labour | 1 | 12 before delivery | Following medical induction | F.T. | Forceps | L. | L. | Trace | 160/100 |
Remarks—Post-Natal Clinic:—Case No. 1. Albumin Nil. Blood pressure 120/84.
Case No. 2. Albumin Nil. Blood pressure 124/88.
| Reg. No. | Case No. | Gravida. | Age of Patient. | Onset of Symptoms. | Maturity on Admission. | Headaches. | Eye Symptoms. | Oedema. | Albuminuria. | Highest Blood Pressure. | Blood Urea. | No. of days in Hospital before delivery or discharge. | Onset of Labour. | Maturity of Child. | Type of Delivery. | Result | Condition of Patient on discharge. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0/ /o | M. | C. | Albumin. | Blood Pressure. | |||||||||||||||
| Weeks. | Weeks. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2509 | 1 | P | 30 | Before pregnancy | 24 | No | No | No | Cloud | 164/100 | 45 | 9 | Following induction by rupture of membranes | 36 | Spontaneous | L. | L. | 4 pts. per 1,000 | 184/100 |
| 34 | Yes | No | No | Cloud | 220/120 | 14 | |||||||||||||
Remarks—Admitted twice.