[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1934
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(/>) 494 were in their second or subsequent pregnancy (138 of these patients had attended the clinic during a previous ])regnancy; 68 during two previous preg- nancies ; 27 during three previous j^regnancies; 11 during four previous pregnancies ; 5 during five pre- vious pregnancies ; and 2 during six previous preg- nancies) . (c) 93 were not pregnant. Abnormalities.—The abnormalities or diseases found to be present in the new cases who attended the clinics during 1934 were as follows: (a) Women who came to the clinics in their first pregnancy Abnormality or disease Nt). of cases Cardiac disease 3 Albuminuria 8 Venereal diseases 9 Varicose veins 3 Other defects 3 (6) Women who came to the clinics in their second < pregnancy or subsequent Al)normality or disease No. of cases Venereal diseases 26 Varicose veins Albuminuria 10 4 Tuberculosis 2 Cardiac disease Bronchitis 13 5 Ectopic gestation 1 Placenta praevia 1 Other defects 5 Progress of pregnancies. (1) lYeiv cases. (rf) Of the 184 women who came in their first pregnancy 141 were delivered l^efore the end of 1934, having 69 boys and 72 girls (including 1 stillborn child). 4 left the district. 39 were not delivered before the end of the year. (//) of llie 491 woiiKni who had had previous pregnancies 325 were delivereal before the end of the year, having 164 bf>ys and 11)7 girls (including (i sets of twins and 11 stillborn cliildren). ir> bad misc'.arriages. 1) hd't the district. 1 11 wcr(*. not deliverc'd Ix'fore tli(‘ (mkI of the year, 1 worraan died.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2892728x_0100.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
