Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 25.—London maternal deaths, 1931-34.—Place of death of married women dying in pregnancy
Metropolitan borough | Deaths | Place of death | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
l.C.C. general hospitals | l.C.C. special hospitals | Voluntary hospitals | Nursing homes | |||||||
Abortions | Other | With maternity beds | Other | With maternity beds | Other | Home | ||||
Paddington | 4 | 22 | 9 | — | 12 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 26 |
Kensington | 5 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 13 | — | 3 | — | 3 | 32 |
Hammersmith | 4 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 7 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 25 |
Fulham | 5 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | _ | 2 | 27 |
Chelsea | _ | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 5 |
Westminster | 1 | 11 | 5 | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 12 |
St. Marylebone | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 15 |
Hampstead | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 6 |
St. Pancras | 5 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 32 |
Islington | 10 | 54 | 18 | 9 | 32 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 64 |
Stoke Newington | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 15 |
Hackney | 6 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 33 |
Holborn | — | 4 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 |
Finsbury | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
City of London | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Shoreditch | 4 | 8 | 9 | — | 3 | — | — | — | _ | 12 |
Bethnal Green | 3 | 12 | 7 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | 15 |
Stepney | 7 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 13 | — | — | — | 2 | 36 |
Poplar | 8 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 27 |
Southwark | 5 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 11 | — | — | — | 3 | 28* |
Bermondsey | 5 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 23 |
Lambeth | 11 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 38 |
Battersea | 6 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | — | 6 | 29 |
Wandsworth | 7 | 50 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | 6 | 57 |
Camberwell | 5 | 37 | 19 | 5 | 12 | — | — | — | 6 | 42 |
Deptford | 8 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 24 |
Greenwich | 3 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 22 |
Lewisham | 5 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | _ | 1 | 8 | 35 |
Woolwich | 3 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 22 |
London County | 130 | 583 | 336 | 70 | 196 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 66 | 713 |
Table 26.—London—Maternal deaths, 1931-34.
Place of death | Deaths from sepsis | Deaths from other causes | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abortion | Other | Abortion | Other | ||
L.C.C. general hospital | 116 | 93 | 17 | 180 | 406 |
L.C.C. special hospital | 12 | 60 | 1 | _ | 73 |
Voluntary hospitals— | |||||
(a) With maternity bods | 13 | 66 | 1 | 126 | 206 |
(b) Other | 4 | 7 | _ | 16 | 27 |
Nursing homes— | |||||
(a) With maternity beds | — | 1 | _ | 18 | 19 |
(b) Other | — | _ | _ | 2 | 2 |
Home | 2 | 13 | 5 | 52 | 72 |
Total | 147 | 240 | 24 | 394 | 805 |