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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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caesarean section.
| Primigravidae. | Multigravidae. | Total. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Maternal mortality | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Foetal mortality | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Case No. | Reg. No. | Age of Patient. | Previous Pregnancies. | Type of Operation | Weight of Infant. | Result. | ||||||
| Full Term. | Premature. | Miscarriage . | Indication for Operation. | Duration of Labour. | M. | C. | ||||||
| 1bs. | oz. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 3056 | 33 | - | - | - | Pregnancy toxaemia. Breech presentation. | Operation performed before onset of labour. | Classical | 7 | 9 | L. | L. |
| 2 | 3094 | 28 | - | - | - | Pregnancy toxaemia. Disproportion. | Operation performed before onset of labour. | Lower segment | 9 | 0 | L. | L. |
| 3 | 2212 | 24 | 2 | - | - | Ante-partum haemorrhage Partial placenta praevia. | Operation performed before onset of labour. | Classical | 7 | 3 | L. | L. |