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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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PRIMARY BREECH PRESENTATION.
COMPLICATED.
| Case No. | Reg. No. | Age of Patient. | Previous Pregnancies. | Maturity. | Complication. | Method of Delivery. | Weight of Child. | Result. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Term. | Premature. | Miscarriage. | M. | C. | ||||||||
| Weeks. | lb. | oz. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2533 | 25 | - | - | - | 40 | First of twins | Spontaneous | 5 | 12 | L. | L. |
| 2 | 2747 | 24 | - | - | 40 | „ „ | Assisted Forceps for head | 5 | 14 | L. | L. | |
| 3 | 2747 | 24 | - | - | - | 40 | Second of twins | Assisted | 6 | 12 | L. | L. |
| 4 | 2806 | 25 | - | - | - | 38 † | ,, „ | Spontaneous | 3 | 11 | L. | L. |
| 5 | 2868 | 28 | - | - | - | 40 | First of twins | „ „ | 5 | 6 | L. | L. |
| 6 | 2868 | 28 | - | - | - | 40 | Second of twins | „ „ | 6 | 8 | L. | L. |
| 7 | 3056 | 38 | - | - | - | 40 | Albuminuria. Hyperpiesis. Oedema | Caesarean Section | 7 | 9 | L. | L. |
| 8 | 3181 | 19 | - | - | - | 40 | Anencephalic malformation of spine | Assisted | 7 | 11 | L. | S.B. |
| 9 | 2950 | 36 | 1 | - | 1 | 36 | Ante-partum haemorrhage | Assisted | 4 | 15 | L. | S.B. |
| EMERGENCY ADMISSIONS. | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2794 | 29 | - | - | - | 32 | Albuminuria. Hyperpiesis. Oedema | Assisted | 3 | 2 | L. | L. |
| 2 | 2794 | 29 | - | - | - | 32 | Twins | 2 | 2 | L. | L. | |
| 3 | 2924 | 29 | ■ | - | Albuminuria | Assisted Forceps for head | 6 | 12 | L. | S.B. | ||
Remarks:-Emergency Case No. 1 .-Infant died first day.
,, ,, 2.-Infant died seventh day.