[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    During pregnancy . Haemorrhage Threatened abci tion Accident Varicose veins .. At Labour Premature labour Uterine inertia and prole Abortions, miscarriages Abnormal presentation Placenta praevia Haemorrhage Convulsions Ruptured perinaeum Adherent placenta and branes Other causes After labour Rise of temperature Other causes 26 For Mother. nged labour ind still-bir ths retained mem Feebleness Malformation Discharge from eves For Child 21 9 10 c 2 26 125 31 29 1 10 2 59 iS 7 17 20 49 12 44 7 308 37 112 Other causes Notification of Still-births.— Still-births, when attended by a midwife without a doctor ufr n°u-*?0ti!fied U'Kuer thc,.midwives' ailes t0 the Local Supervising Authority. In addition' '•still-births have to be notified under the Notification of Births Act, by the doctor, midwife or hVUt °nt,y UdVhe ActAwhich for a11 Shropshire, with the exception of the * ?hgr, 1 C'iSrVry' 15 ? thc .?unty CounciL The old arrangements for notification by '•!'onnnt ku &nd ° ^ 'r als° -?’11 force in niany districts. These additional sources of -onnation have proved of considerable value, and it is probable that we are now getting a airly complete notification of still-births. 8 8 •* So far it has not been possible to make systematic inquiries into still-births through the H-alth visitors, but it is hoped that this will shortly be done. g Analysis of the 73 notifications of still-births sent in by midwives show that— -n 35 were at full time ; 31 premature ; in 9, no statement. Die condition of the child pointed to— Death during labour or shortly before in 27 ; death some time before labour in 24 - in 12 there was no indication given. ^ ’ **re^not^rnenrioneri!^ ^ :~h°a<l 44’ *4’ f°°tling 3’ C°rd ^ In 11 ca5es the presentations lhe sex of the children was as follows :—males 29, females 37 ; 7 not stated. alt-nUglu incomlJ,cite’ arc of some va,uo in showing the number of children P0SS,bIy been Savcd lf skl]fld attendance had been available at thc time of