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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| Case No. | Reg. No. | Age. | Previous Pregnancies. | Detection of Onset of Symptoms. | First Sign or Symptom. | Other Signs. | Oedema. | %°f Albumen. | %of Blood Urea. | Highest Blood Pressure. | No. of days in Hospital before labour or discharge. | Onset of Labour. | Type of Delivery. | Maturity of Infant. | Condition of Patient after admission. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Term. | Premature . | Miscarriages. | Headache. | Eye Symptoms. | M. | C. | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 3060 | 29 | — | — | Weeks. 32 | Cramp Insomnia | Yes | No | Yes | 0.4 | 25 | 152/108 | 12 | Followed rupture of membranes | Forceps | Weeks. 38 | D. | S.B. | One fit before onset of labour. Paralytic ileus in first stage. | |
| Case No. | Reg. No. | Age. | Previous Pregnancies. | Detection of Onset of Symptoms. | First Sign or Symptom. | Other Signs. | Oedema. | %°f Albumen. | %of Blood Urea. | Highest Blood Pressure. | No. of days in Hospital before labour or discharge. | Onset of Labour. | Type of Delivery. | Maturity of Infant. | Result. | Condition of Patient on discharge. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Term. | Premature. | Miscarriages. | Headache. | Eye Symptoms. | ||||||||||||||||||
| M. | C. | %of Albumen. | Blood Pressure. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weeks. | Weeks. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2691 | 31 | — | — | — | 14 | Albuminuria | Yes | No | Yes | 0.6 | 45 | 210/116 | 24 | After induction | Spontaneous | 36 | L. | L. | 0.4 | 184/100 | |
| 2 | 3146 | 26 | — | S.B. | — | 14 | Yes | No | No | Heavy trace | 15 | 130/90 | 9 | Spontaneous | ,, | 30 | L. | S.B. | 0.01 | 134/82 | ||
| 3 | 3261 | 40 | 5 | S.B. | — | 28 | Albuminuria and Hyperpiesis | Yes | No | Yes | 0.05 | 23 | 160/110 | 8 | ,, | ,, | 36 | L. | S.B. | Trace | 100/90 | |