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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

West Ham 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: STILLBIRTHS.

STILLBIRTHS.

Total Number of Stillbirths registered195
Total Number of Births5961

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Percentage of Stillbirths—3.2%
(1928 percentage of Stillbirths—3.19%)
Investigations were made by the Health Visitors in 178 of
these cases; particulars were unobtainable in the remaining 17
cases.

Table: Age of the Mothers.

Age of the Mothers.

Less than 20 years5
20—25 years30
25—30 years42
30—35 years48
35—40 years35
Over 40 years18
Total178

Table: Duration of Pregnancy (lunar months).

Duration of Pregnancy (lunar months).

6—8 months40
8—9 months37
Full-term101
Total178

Table: Number of Pregnancies

Number of Pregnancies

155
216
322
414
513
615
710
87
98
109
Over 109
Total178

Table: Condition of Foetus.

Condition of Foetus.

Macerated47
Not Macerated112
Particulars Unobtainable19
Total178

Table: Labour—Presentation.

Labour—Presentation.

Vertex98
Breech41
Footling7
Face0
Cord1
Transverse4
Prolapsed Cord3
Particulars not known24
Total178