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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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POST-PARTUM HAEMORRHAGE.
| Priinigravidae. | Mllltigravidae. | Total. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | 8 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Maternal deaths | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| Stillbirths or infant deaths | 2 | - | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Case No. | Reg. No. | Age of Patient. | Previous Pregnancies. | Delivery. | Duration of Labour. | Cause. | Treatment. | Result. | Morbidity. | ||||||||
| Full Term. | Premature. | Miscarriages. | 1st stage. | 2nd stage. | 3r staj | d ?e. | M. | C. | |||||||||
| h. | m. | h. | m. | h. | m. | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2671 | 20 | - | - | - | Spontaneous | 14 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 20 | Inertia of uterus Retained placenta | Manual removal. Intravenous saline. Ergometrine. | L. | L. | - |
| 2 | 2708 | 25 | - | - | - | „ | 7 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 45 | Inertia of uterus. Retained placenta | Manual removal. Intravenous and rectal salines. Ergometrine. | L. L. | L. L. | Notifiable pyrexia. | |
| 3 | 2740 | 25 | - | - | - | „ | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | Inertia of uterus | Ergometrine. Cora-mine. Rectal saline. | - | ||
| 4 | 2913 | 29 | - | - | - | „ | 8 | 30 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 30 | Inertia of uterus. Retained placenta | Manual removal. Drip saline. Ergometrine. | L. | L. | Notifiable pyrexia. |
| 5 | 2938 | 31 | 1 | 1 | - | „ | 11 | 30 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 25 | Toxaemic condition. Inertia of uterus | Rectal saline. Ergometrine. | L. | L. | - |
| 6 | 3000 | 27 | - | - | - | „ | 13 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 55 | Fibromyoma of uterus. | Ergometrine | L. | L. | - |
| 7 | 3035 | 37 | 2 | - | - | „ | 5 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 15 | Morbidly adherent placenta. | Manual removal. Ergometrine. Intravenous and rectal saline. | L. | L. | - |
| 8 | 3029 | 35 | 1 | - | 1 | „ | 5 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 45 | Inertia of uterus Retained placenta | Manual removal. Ergometrine. Rectal saline. | L. | S.B. | Notifiable pyrexia. |
| 9 | 3125 | 26 | - | - | - | „ | 12 | 15 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 55 | Inertia of uterus Retained placenta | Manual removal. Ergometrine. Rectal saline. Morphine. | L. | S.B. | - |
| 10 | 3281 | 26 | - | - | - | „ | 17 | 50 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 45 | Placenta caught in cervix. | Manual removal. Intravenous saline. Ergometrine. | L. | L. | - |
| emergency admission. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2941 | 30 | - | - | - | Spontaneous | Infant born at home. | Uterine inertia Retained placenta Post-partum Haemorrhage. | Manual removal. Ergometrine. Rectal saline. Morphine. | L. | L. | - | |||||