“…Elderly Primiparity. The relation of age to foetal mortality, mentioned by Gordon et al (1934) and Racker (1943), has been variously ascribed to foetal anoxia (Walker, 1954) or to a greater incidence of uterine inertia and operative deliveries in the more elderly (Walsh and Kuder, 1944;Baird, 1952). On the other hand, where vaginal delivery is allowed in such patients this is frequently uneventful (Neilson and Neilson, 1954).…”