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]
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Case No. | Reg. No. | First or later Pregnancy. | Maternal Complication. | Method of Delivery. | Sex. | Birth Weight. | Recent. | Macerated. | Cause of Death. | Post-Mortem Examination. | |
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lb. | oz. | ||||||||||
1 | 1872 | First | Obstructed labour | Forceps | F. | — | Yes | — | Difficult labour | Not held. | |
2 | 1880 | Third | Locked twins | F. | — | „ | — | „ „ | „ | ||
3 | 1890 | 8ccond | Nil | Spontaneous | M. | 3 | 0 | „ | — | Prematurity | „ |
4 | 1898 | First | Persistent occipito posterior position | Forceps | F. | 8 | 2 | „ | — | Impacted shoulders | „ |
5 | 1953 | Second | Hydramnios | Spontaneous | F. | - | Yes | Anencephaly | „ | ||
6 | 1965 | First | Nil | Assisted breech | F. | 7 | 0 | Yes | — | Difficult labour | „ |
7 | 2118 | Second | Nil | Spontaneous breech | M. | 7 | 11 | „ | - | Placental insufficiency | Nil found to account for death. |
8 | 2191 | First | Uterine inertia | Spontaneous | F. | 3 | 3 | „ | — | Prematurity | Not held. |
9 | 2192 | Third | „ „ | „ | F. | 7 | 14 | — | — | Unknown | „ |
10 | 2309 | Second | Fibroid of uterus | „ | M. | 2 | 14 | Yes | — | Prematurity | „ |
11 | 2407 | First | Nil | „ | M. | 9 | 6 | — | Unknown | „ | |
12 | 2412 | „ | Persistent occipito posterior position | Manual rotation. Forceps | M. | — | „ | — | Prolapsed cord. Difficult labour- | „ | |
13 | 2416 | Fifteenth | Persistent occipito posterior position | Manual rotation. Forceps | M. | 9 | 15½ | „ | — | Unknown | |
14 | 2467 | First | Pre eclampsia | Spontaneous | F. | 3 | 4 | - | Yes | Maternal toxaemia. Placental degeneration | Not held. |
15 | 2477 | Second | Nil | „ | F. | 3 | 11 | - | Yes | Unknown | „ |
16 | 2488 | „ | Nil | „ | M. | 7 | 14 | Yes | - | Asphyxia. Cord round neck very tight | „ |
Remarks:—Case No. 1. —Second twin.
,, 2.—Second twin.
,, 3.—28 weeks.
,, 5.—Previous miscarriage, 32 weeks.
,, 13.—Foetal heart sounds absent before delivery.