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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The Puerperal Maternal Mortality was 51 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 | |
* Previous to 1932 calculation made for live Births only.