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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

Brentford and Chiswick 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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Table: Stillbirths.Total 12.

Stillbirths.Total 12.

Macerated (premature)2
Fresh10
Maternal toxaemia (one with hare lip)2
Placenta praevia2
Accidental haemorrhage1
Primary uterine inertia1
Forceps for foetal distress1
Prolapsed cord1
Anencephaly1
Postmaturity (?) (autopsy refused)1
Infant Deaths. Total 11.
Prematurity (35 weeks and less)6
Pneumonia1
Inanition (autopsy performed)1
Severe spina bifida1
Icterus Gravis (autopsy performed)1
Atelectasis (autopsy performed)1
Abnormalities in Surviving Infants.
Harelip unilateral (one with complete cleft palate)3
Dorsal spina bifida1
Mental defective1
Gastro-enteritis1
Conjunctivitis (one transferred to Isolation
Hospital and notified as ophthalmia neonatorum)2
Septic wound of face (forceps)1
Septic spots (transferred to Isolation Hospital)1
Purulent blisters (transferred to Isolation Hospital)2
Hydrocele1
Coronal hypospadias4
Cephal-haematoma3
Talipes calcaneo—valgus1
Accessory auricle2
Fracture of left humerus (normal delivery)1
Severe jaundice1