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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The Puerperal Maternal Mortality rate was 4.0 per 1000 births (live and still).
| Period. | Puerperal Maternal Deaths. | Full-time Confinements. | Abortions, etc. | Total Puerperal Maternal Deaths. | Post Mortems. | Inquests. | Puerperal Mortality Rate (Puerperal Maternal Deaths per 1000 live and still births).* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excluding Abortions. | Total. | |||||||
| 1925-1928 | Sepsis | 8 | 10 | 18 | Information not available | 0.6 | 1.3 | |
| Other Causes | 18 | — | 18 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |||
| Totals | 26 | 10 | 36 | 1.8 | 2.6 | |||
| 1929 | Sepsis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| Other Causes | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | 1.9 | 2.2 | |
| Totals | 9 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | |
| 1930 | Sepsis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Causes | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | |
| Totals | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | |
| 1931 | Sepsis | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Other Causes | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | 1.4 | 1.7 | |
| Totals | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | |
| 1932 | Sepsis | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2.2 | 3.3 |
| Other Causes | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | |
| Totals | 10 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3.6 | 5.1 | |
| 1933 | Sepsis | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1.12 | 1.86 |
| Other Causes | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | — | .74 | 1.86 | |
| Totals | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1.86 | 3.72 | |
| 1934 | Sepsis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| Other causes | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2.4 | 2.8 | |
| Totals | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | |
| * Previous to 1932, calculations made for live Births only. | ||||||||