[Report 1922] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1922
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1922] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(c) Women who \^ere not pregnant when they first attended the clinic Abnormality No. of Retroversion of uterus (2 after miscarriage, 1 had operation) Uterine ])rolapse Uterine abnormalities requiring curettage Uterine adhesion Ovarian abnormalities Fibroid tumour Swelling in foruices Excessive haemorrhage Kidney disease Venereal disease Vaginal stricture White leg.. Post-natal oedema Enlarged veins Hernia Anaemia Cardiac disease Tuberculosis. Pleurisy Neuritis Haemorrhoids ; Rheumatism Tumour in old scar Various other conditions 5 4 1 6 2 3 6 3 5 1 1 1 2 1 6 5 1 1 2 2 4 1 5 I Progress of pregnancies. (a) Of the 31 women who came in their first pregnancy > 21 were confined before the end of me year, having 12 boys and 9 girls—one of the latter premature H 1 has left the town » 1 cannot be traced 8 were not delivered at the end of the year. « (h) Of the 215 in their second or subsequent pregnancy 74 had boys (2 had Caesarean section, in 1 case baby died after i operation for imperforate anus). 72 had girls (1 premature and 1 died after operation for spina bifida) 2 had twins (boy and girl—in one case the girl died) 2 had stillborn children (in one case the mother had cardiac disease) 6 had miscarriages 1 was tuberculous and mother died at six months—of haemorrhage 5 cannot be traced 53 were not delivered before the end of the year. That the ante-natal clinic is appreciated by the mothers of the town can be readily seen by the marked increase in the numbers attending. IMany of the new patients are sent or brought by the older ones.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927163_0081.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
