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Islington 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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11
[1935
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON MATERNAL DEATHS, 1935.
(For those in 1934, see p. 11 of the Medical Officer of Health's Annual Report for that year.)
| 1935. Month. | Cause of Death. | Ages at Death. | Totals. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 and upwd. | Total. | From Puerperal Sepsis. | From other Diseases. | ||
| Jan. | Acute infective endocarditis. Mitral stenosis accompanied by normal labour at home. Natural. P.M. Inquest. Coroner. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 (a) |
| Pelvic cellulitis and malignant endocarditis following labour (full term). Coroner. After P.M. Without Inquest. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | |
| Feb. | Parturition and prolonged labour (Caesarean Section). Mitral Stenosis. Chronic Rheumatism. Endocarditis. Coroner. After P.M. Without Inquest. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 (b) |
| Mar. | Gas' Gangrene and Septicaemia infection at or after self-induced miscarriage (Syringing) P-M. Inquest. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 (c) |
| ,, | la. Puerperal Septicaemia, b. Pelvic cellulitis, c. Parturition. No P.M. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| 1st Qr. | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| April | Lobar Pneumonia and Pleurisy. Coroner. P.M. Without Inquest. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 (d) |
| May | Anaemia and Obstetric shock. Difficult labour (primiparous). Coroner. After P.M. Without Inquest | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 2nd Qr. | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |
| Aug. | Vomiting and pregnancy (4 months pregnant) Terminal Acute Broncho Pneumonia. P.M. Coroner. Without Inquest. | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 (e) |
| Sept. | Antepartum and Postpartum Haemorrhage. Toxeamia of pregnancy, full term. Coroner. After P.M. No Inquest. | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 3rd Qr. | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |
| Oct. | la. Toxaemia, accidental Haemorrhage. (38 weeks). P.M. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Nov. | la. Heart failure. b. Splenic Anaemia. 2. Childbirth (premature labour). Local Uterine Sepsis (peurperal). | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| " | Pyaemia. Uterine Sepsis at 4 months of pregnancy due to unknown cause. Open verdict. P.M. Inquest. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1(f) | ... |
| (a) Shock, (b) Post-partum Haemorrhage. P.M. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| (a) Shock Haemorrhage and General Peritonitis, (b) following ruptured uterus after extraction of Hydra-cephalic foetus. P.M. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| la. Morbus Cordis, (b) Mitral Stenosis (c) Myocarditis. II. Childbirth. Chronic Bronchitis. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | K(g) | |
| la. Subphrenic abscess, (b) General Peritonitis, (c) Caesarean Section 19-12-36. P.M | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1(h) | |
| 4th Qr. | 1 | 3 | 3 | ... | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
Classifications (a) As Mitral Valve disease, (b) As Rheumatic Fever, (c) As Violence.
(d) As Pneumonia. (e) As Pneumonia. (f) As Violence,
(g) As Mitral Valve Disease. (h) As Peritonitis.
1st Quarter 5 = 4.2
2nd Quarter 2 = 2.0
3rd Quarter 2 = 2.0
4th Quarter 7 = 6.3
Year 1935 Total 16 = 3.4
Rate per 1,000
registered Live
and Still-births.