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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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| Case No. | Reg. No. | Age of Patient. | Previous Pregnancies. | Method of Delivery. | Sex. | Birth Weight. | Cause of Death. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Term. | Premature . | Miscarriages . | ||||||||
| Premature. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2794 | 29 | - | - | - | Spontaneous | M. | lb. | oz. | Respiratory failure due to prematurity. |
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2794 | 29 | - | - | - | F. | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3126 | 36 | 1 | - | - | Forceps | F. | 3 | 15 | |
| 4 | 2767 | 39 | 1 | - | 3 | Spontaneous | M. | 5 | 2 | Congenital malformation of heart.* |
| full Term . | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2660 | 21 | - | - | - | Spontaneous | M. | 8 | 0 | Hydrocephaly. |
| 6 | 2776 | 31 | - | - | - | Forceps | F. | 8 | 10 | Cerebral haemorrhage.* |
| 7 | 2967 | 39 | 1 | - | - | Spontaneous | M. | 7 | 0 | * |
| 8 | 3095 | 24 | - | - | - | F. | 5 | 10 | Congenital malformation of heart.* | |
| 9 | 3136 | 31 | 5 | 1 | - | F. | Not weighed | Atelectasis due to displacement of lungs by abdominal viscera. Imperfect formation of left half of diaphragm. | ||
* Post-mortem held.
Remarks:-Cases Nos. 1 and 2.-Maternal toxaemia. Emergency admissions.
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