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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 births).
Excluding
Abortions.
Total.
1925
1928
Sepsis 8 10 18
Other Causes 18 — 18
Totals 26 10 36
Information
not available
0.6
1.3
1.3
1.3
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
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 21 2.4
Enquiries are made into all these deaths, whether directly due to or only associated with
pregnancy or childbirth. Reports are then made and forwarded to the special Maternal
Mortality Committee appointed by the Ministry of Health. This Committee has been using the
information with a view to a better understanding of the problem. It issued recently an
" Interim Report" based on the analysis of the first 2000 enquiries.
The Report is open to criticism, and some of the statistical sections and the deductions
are to be taken with reserve. Its great value, however, lies in the suggestions for an extended
service, which should help in the reduction of Maternal Mortality in the future.