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Table IV. — St. Helens Hospitals, General Statistics, 1936.

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~ i j& a o I I I I I Totals, i |^.| < & § a 3 \ ° A. Intern Department. Total deliveries .. .. 652 1 526 372 | 168 284 2,022 i .. Primiparae 202 | 117 99 37 71 526 26-27 Multiparae 450 j 409 273 131 213 1,476 73-73 Presentations — Vertex normal rotation .. 594 500 332 152 257 1,835 91-66 Occipito posterior (persistent) .. 32 11 23 11 13 90 4-50 Face .. ■• •• 2 •■ ■■ 2 •• 4 °' 20 Breedi 2± 'l6 'l5 "3 'l4 '72 3-60 Averse V. '.'. •• 1 •■ 2 .. 1 J 0-20 Twins (sets) 6 8 3 1 18 0-90 Complications of pregnancy— Hyperemesis -. • 1 •• •• •• * "-05 Hydramnios j 1 3 4 .. 9 0-45 Pre-eclamptic toxamria .. 25 44 3 4 20 96 4-80 Eclampsia 2 1 .. 1 4 0-20 Nephritic toxsemia .. .... 1 3 1 .. 5 O-Ab Haemorrhages — I I Unavoidable (placenta previa) .. 6 .. 6 .. 3 15 (WO Accidental, external .. .. 8 j 2 3 .. 1 14 0-70 Accidental, internal .. .. 1 1 •• ■• •• 2 Post-partum, atonic . . . . 12 2 6 3 6 29 1-45 Post-partum, traumatic .. 1 Lacerations of genital tract — Perineum 45 \ 57 | 52 30 38 222 11-09 Cervix ... 3 2 1 6 0-30 Uterus .. . ■ ■ • • • ■ ■ • • • • • ■ • • •" Contracted pelvis, inlet .. .. •• 2 1 3 b 0-30 Contracted pelvis, outlet .. .. ■• 5 .. 1 b 0-30. Prolapse of cord .. .. 4 4 2 .. 1 11 0-55 Complications of puerperium— Sepsis, local . j 1 4 .. 3 8 0-40 Sepsis, general .. .. 1 ■■ •• •• •• 1 Pulmonary embolism .. .... 2 ..LI 1 4 U-zu Insanity Crural phlegmasia, venous Crural phlegmasia, lymphatic .. .. .. •• ■■ •• •• •■ Mastitis ... .. 8 ! 1 2 1 1 13 0-65 Operations — Internal pelvimetry .. .. •• •• •■ •• * J'^ Induction of labour .. ..31 73 22 16 12 154 7-69 Episiotomy 23 4 2 3 32 1-60 Impacted shoulders .. .. 4 1 .. .. ■• Suture of perineal lacerations — Com p lete •• ■• I 5i i 52 - -a 8 X 2 7 3 if 5 Incomplete i 5 .. .. 30 38 73 3-65 Suture of cervical lacerations . . ' - • 3 . . . . o (J • 10 Forceps • 19 I 10 17 12 < 9 67 3-35 Version, external .. 20 i 4 4 1 29 1-45 Version, internal ■■ 5 l \ 0-60 Version, combined .. .. 2 1 .. .. ■• 3 0-15 Manual removal of placenta .. 5 3 .. 3 4 15 0-7o Csesarean section — Abdominal conservative .., 6 1 4 .. .. 11 Abdominal radical .. .. .. j Pubiotomy .. • • .. .. .. . • • • Craniotomy .. • • .... Cleidotomy . . ■ ■ • • | ■ • • • Decapitation . . . . - ■ j • ■ • • • ■ ■ • A'mMorbidity 18 18 11 8 10 65 3-25 Mortality ' 3 ! ..I..!..! 1 4 | 0-20