[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough.

  • Doncaster (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Treatment: Forceps deliveries ... ... ... ... 17 Caesarian section ... ... ... 8 Trial labours ... ... ... ... 7 Induction of labour ... ... ... 13 External versions ... ... ... ... 10 Breech deliveries ... ... ... ... 6 Perforations ... ... ... ... 2 Conducting- difficult labour ... ... 5 Repair of perineum ... ... ... 10 Retained placenta ... ... ... ... 6 Ectopic gestation ... ... ... ... 3 Post-partum haemorrhage ... ... 1 Acute yellow atrophy ... ... ... 1 Eclampsia ... ... ... ... 6 Hyperemesis of pregnancy ... ... 2 Other complications of pregnancy ... 2 Retroverted gravid uterus ... ... 2 Termination of pregnancy ... ... 7 Puerperal pyrexia ... ... ... 17 Threatened abortions ... ... ... 3 MATERNAL MORTALITY Six maternal deaths occurred during the year. In two cases the women were not normally resident within the Borough. The causes were as follows :— Eclampsia. Shock and heart failure following attempted self-induced abortion. Sepsis following induction of labour for severe heart disease. Severe excessive vomiting of pregnancy necessitating induction of labour. Pneumonia following difficult delivery with pre-existing disease. Pyaemia following upon an abortion. POST-NATAL CLINIC It is again gratifying to note a further increase in the use of the Post-Natal Clinic. The importance of this clinic in the prevention of further ill-health among women who have borne children cannot be over-estimated, a fact which has been remarked upon in my previous reports. During the year 227 women attended the clinic, 223 being new cases, making 351 attendances, an increase of 27 and 56 respec- tively on the 1939 figures.