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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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TWINS.
| Primigravidae. | Multigravidae. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | 7 | - | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Number of stillbirths | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| Number of infant deaths | 2 | - | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Case. No | Reg. No. | Age of Patient. | Previous Pregnancies. | Maturity. | Presentation and Position. | Sex. | Weight. | Result. | ||||||||||
| Full Term. | Premature . | Miscarriage . | 1st. | 2nd. | 1st. | 2nd. | Mother. | Infants. | ||||||||||
| 1st. | 2nd. | |||||||||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | Weeks. | lb. | oz. | lb. | oz. | 1st. | 2nd. | ||||||||
| 1 | 2533 | 25 | - | - | - | 40- | B.R.S.A. | V.L.O.A. | F. | M. | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | L. | L. | L. | |
| 2 | 2806 | 25 | - | - | - | 40- | V.R.O.A. | B.L.S.A. | F. | F. | 6 | 8 | 3 | 12 | L. | L. | L. | |
| 3 | 2747 | 24 | - | - | - | 40- | B.R.S.A. | B.L.S.A. | M. | F. | 5 | 14 | 6 | 12 | L. | L. | L. | |
| 4 | 2966 | 24 | - | - | - | 40 | V.L.O.L. | V.R.O.L. | M. | M. | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | L. | L. | L. | |
| 5 | 3200 | 30 | - | - | - | 40 | V.L.O.A. | V.R.O.P. | F. | F. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | L. | L. | L. | |
| 6 | 2868 | 28 | - | - | - | 40- | B.R.S.A. | B.R.S.A. | F. | F. | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | L. | L. | L. | |
| EMERGENCY ADMISSION. | ||||||||||||||||||
| *1 | 2794 | 29 | - | - | - | 32 | B.R.S.A. | B.R.S.A. | M. | F. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | L. | L. | L. | |
| (Both died) | ||||||||||||||||||
Remarks:-*Albuminuria, hyperpiesis and oedema. Induction of labour.