[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council.

  • Durham County Council
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The iiJiJwwtrs re(^uisitioried medic,il help uii 4,118 occasions, and the following statement gives particulars as to the reasons for so doing :— 1. Ante-natal examination—general 67 2. Ante-natal examination—possible venereal disease 4 8. Ante-natal examination^—albuminuria . 175 4. Eclampsia, fits, convulsions—maternal 20 5. Miscarriage .. 211 0. Threatened miscarriage 138 7. Ante-partum haemorrhage 146 H. Post-partum haemorrhage .. 77 9. Placenta praevia . . . 12 10. Retained or adherent placenta or membranes 83 11. Contracted pelvis, disproportion between child and pelvic outlet 41 12. Malpresentation . . 207 13. Prolonged or delayed labour, uterine inertia 756 14. Mammary inflammation, varicose veins, cardiac weakness, weakness during ])uerperium, etc. 86 15. Stillbirth . ... 12 16. Ruptured perineum ... 1288 17. Premature birth , . 101 18. Rise in temperature . 128 19. Mental condition during pregnancy and parturition 7 20. Feebleness of child. Illness of child 165 21. Phimosis, tongue tie, suspicious eruptions on skin of baby, and umbilical conditions . . 44 22. Marked congenital malformation . 45 23. Inflammation of child’s eyes 131 24. Condition of mother ill-defined 40 25. Condition of baby ill-defined .. . . .. 17 26. Midwife in attendance at another case 11 27. Precipitate labour ... .. 5 28. Death of baby 4 29. Other conditions . 97 In addition to the notifications of sending for medical help, the following notifications were received from midwives ;— Stillbirths . . 222 Death of mother . . 16 Death of child 143 Artificial feeding . . 268 Laying out the dead .. .. . . 35 Liability to be a source of infection . . . 100 With regard to the 128 cases in which medical help was re- quisitioned on account of rise of temperature, 34 were subsequently notified as puerperal pyrexia. 16 of these cases received in-patient hospital treatment under the County Scheme, while the service:^ of consultants were utilised in 1 case. Of the 131 cases of inflammation of the eyes, 34 were notified as ophthalmia neonatorum and 16 received hospital treatment. Arrangements were continued during the year with the Sunder- land General Hospital for the training of county midwives in gas and air analgesia and each midwife is pro\'ided with the necessary equipment.
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