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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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Table: TREATMENT AND RESULTS OF POSTERIOR POSITION

TREATMENT AND RESULTS OF POSTERIOR POSITION

Method of deliveryNumber of CasesAll Cases
PrimigravidaeMultigravidae
1. Spontaneous—
(a) Following spontaneous rotation5813
(b) Face to pubes1–1
2. (a) Manual rotation followed by forceps delivery23629
(b) Delivered by forceps, face to pubes1—1
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Results to:–
(a) Mother.
Maternal mortality Nil.
(b) Child.
Stillbirths 3
Infant deaths Nil.
Foetal mortality–6.8 per cent.