Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
This page requires JavaScript
TWINS.
Number of cases, 10— Primigravidae, 5; Multigravidae, 5. Of the 20 infants, four were stillborn, and one died.
Reg. No. | Case No. | Age of Patient. | Gravida. | Maturity. | Presentation and Position. : | Sex. | Weight. | Type. | Result. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st. | 2nd. | 1 St. | 2nd. | 1st. | 2nd. | Mother. | Infants. | |||||||||
Weeks. | lb. | oz. | lb. | oz. | 1st, | 2nd. | ||||||||||
1872 | 1 | 25 | P | 38+ | V. | V.R.O.A. | F. | F. | 6 | 4½ | — | Binovular | L. | L. | S.B. | |
1880 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 40 | B. R.S.A. | V.R.O.A. | F. | F. | 4 | 12 | — | Uniovular | L. | L. | S. B. | |
1821 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 40 | V.L.O.A. | V.L.O.A. | F. | F. | 5 | 12 | 5 | 4 | Binovular | L. | L. | L. |
2027 | 4 | 26 | P | 40 | V.R.O.A. | V.L.O.A. | F. | F. | 5 | 12 | 5 | 8 | Binovular | L. | L. | L. |
2191 | 5 | 29 | P | 36+ | V.L.O.A. | V.R.O.A. | F. | F. | 3 | 15 | 3 | 3 | Uniovular | L. | I D. | S.B. |
2343 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 36 | V.L.O.A. | B. R.S.A. | M. | M. | 4 | 14 | 4 | 4 | Uniovular | L. | L. | L. |
2445 | 7 | 28 | P | 40 | V.L.O.A. | B. R.S.A. | F. | F. | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | Binovular | L. | L. | L. |
2496 | 8 | 26 | P | 40 | B.L.S.A. | V.R.O.A. | F. | M. | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | Binovular | L. | L. | L. |
2470 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 38 | V.L.O.A. | — | F. | F. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | Uniovular | L. | L. | S.B. |
2032 | 10 | 35 | 2 | 36 | V.R.O. P. | V.L.O.A. | F. | F. | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | Uniovular | L. | L. | L. |
Remarks:—Case No. 9.—Macerated.