Maternity Statistics 1938
- Reference:GB 243 D-HE1/9/4/5
- Dates of Creation:1938
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:1 file Manuscript
Scope and Content
Statistics by hospital on reasons for obstetrical dismissal (died, transferred, abortion and miscarriage, stillbirth etc); parity (number of other children by age group of mother); ante-natal supervision; toxaemia; presentation (breech, transverse etc); disproportion (contracted pelvis, large child etc); complications of parturition; concurrent disease independent of pregnancy; obstetric operations pre-delivery (craniotomy, caesarian, forceps etc) and post-delivery (manual removal, curettage, perineal repair etc); morbid puerperium (diseases after childbirth); child (abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth, neo natal death, dismissed alive, mother undelivered, twins and triplets); and cases of pneumonia and acute bronchitis by age. Also case notes by hospital for puerperal fever and pyrexia; and maternal deaths by hospital.
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