Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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STILLBIRTHS.
Total Number of Stillbirths registered | 195 |
Total Number of Births | 5961 |
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.
Age of the Mothers.
Less than 20 years | 5 |
20—25 years | 30 |
25—30 years | 42 |
30—35 years | 48 |
35—40 years | 35 |
Over 40 years | 18 |
Total | 178 |
Duration of Pregnancy (lunar months).
6—8 months | 40 |
8—9 months | 37 |
Full-term | 101 |
Total | 178 |
Number of Pregnancies
1 | 55 |
2 | 16 |
3 | 22 |
4 | 14 |
5 | 13 |
6 | 15 |
7 | 10 |
8 | 7 |
9 | 8 |
10 | 9 |
Over 10 | 9 |
Total | 178 |
Condition of Foetus.
Macerated | 47 |
Not Macerated | 112 |
Particulars Unobtainable | 19 |
Total | 178 |
Labour—Presentation.
Vertex | 98 |
Breech | 41 |
Footling | 7 |
Face | 0 |
Cord | 1 |
Transverse | 4 |
Prolapsed Cord | 3 |
Particulars not known | 24 |
Total | 178 |