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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 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: The previous table includes the following numbers in regard to work done at Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital:-

The previous table includes the following numbers in regard to work done at Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital:-

Midwifery cases1,040
Maternity cases121
Medical Aid Notices558
The percentage of Medical Aid Notices were:
All cases40.1
Maternity Hospital Midwives48.0
Other Midwives18.3

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The conditions for which Medical Aid was summoned by
Midwives in domiciliary practice and private practice and private
nursing homes have been summarised and are as follows:—
For complications during pregnancy:—
Miscarriage 1
Ante-partum Hæmorrhage 5
Abortion 1
Other Conditions 4
Total 11
For complications during labour:—
Prolonged first and second stage 4
Ruptured perineum 17
Premature labour 1
Rise in temperature 2
Post-partum haemorrhage 3
Uterine inertia 1
Retained placenta 1
Abnormal presentation 4
Other conditions 7
Total 40
For complications in regard to the infant:—
Asphyxia ... ... ... ... ... 1
Jaundice 1
Inflamed eyes ... ... ... ... 2
Prematurity and feebleness ... ... 1
Cyanosis ... ... ... ... ... 1
Other conditions ... ... ... ... 7
Total 13