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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
Walthamstow 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following table shows the position with regard to Maternal Mortality during the last five years:-
| Year. | No. of Births Registered. | Deaths of women due to Pregnancy and Child-earing. | Infant Mortality (Waltham stow). | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WaLTHAMSTOW. | England and Wales. | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Sepsis. | Other Puerperal Causes. | Total. | Rates per 1,000 Births Registered. | Rates per 1,000 Births Registered. | |||||||
| Puerperal Sepsis. | Other Puerperal causes. | Total. | Puerperal Sepsis. | Other Puerperal causes. | Total. | ||||||
| 1930 | 1,959 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3.06 | 1.53 | 4.59 | Not yet available. | 39 | ||
| 1929 | 1,934 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.52 | 3.10 | 3.62 | 1.80 | 2.53 | 4.33 | 53 |
| 1928 | 1,981 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.50 | 2.53 | 3.03 | 1.79 | 2.63 | 4.42 | 51 |
| 1927 | 2,025 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.47 | 1.99 | 3.46 | 1.57 | 2.54 | 4.11 | 52 |
| 1926 | 2,218 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.45 | 1.35 | 1.80 | 1.60 | 2.52 | 4.12 | 45 |
A large increase in deaths due to sepsis during 1930 is apparent,
but the Walthamstow rates are not strictly comparable to the
National rates owing to the small numbers involved.