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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

Southall 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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Table: Table No. 16.

Table No. 16.

PrimiparaMultiparaDelivered at homeAdmitted to hospital or Nursing Home
PrimiparaMultiparaPrimiparaMultipara
Normal cases ...146232501379695
Abnormal cases29317102221

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Of the cases dealt with therefore 175, or 39 per cent., were primiparae
(against 42 per cent. in 1937) and of these 118, or 67 per cent. (against 78 per
cent. in 1937) were confined in hospital, while 116 cases or 44 per cent. (against
41 per cent.) of the multiparae were also confined in hospital.
The following table gives the chief abnormalities found during the
year:—

Table: Table No. 17

Table No. 17

(a) Abnormalities of the foetus—
(i) twins9 cases
(ii) abortions7 „
(iii) stillbirths24 „
(iv) other conditions15 „
(b) Abnormalities of the mother—
(i) unsatisfactory measurements6
(ii) heart disease1
(iii) ante partum haemorrhage4
(iv) albuminuria7
(v) high blood pressure (exceeding 140 systolic or 90 disatolic other than on the first
attendance)24
(vi) other conditions57
Neo- Natal Moriality (before the seventh day)7