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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
London County Council 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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(b) Age-distribution of maternal deaths.
| Cause of death | Age group | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15— | 20— | 25— | 30— | 35— | 40— | 45— | Not known | Total | ||
| Married women— | ||||||||||
| Sepsis | abortion | — | 13 | 27 | 36 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 111 |
| childbirth | 3 | 29 | 61 | 67 | 31 | 22 | 3 | — | 216 | |
| Other causes | abortion | — | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | _ | _ | 19 |
| childbirth | 4 | 53 | 101 | 73 | 76 | 49 | 11 | — | 367 | |
| Total (married women) | 7 | 96 | 192 | 185 | 135 | 82 | 15 | 1 | 713 | |
| Unmarried women— | ||||||||||
| Sepsis | abortion | _ | 12 | 16 | 1 | 6 | _ | — | — | 35 |
| childbirth | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 23 | |
| Other causes | abortion | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| childbirth | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 27 | |
| Total (unmarried) | 8 | 28 | 28. | 10 | 11 | 5 | — | — | 90 | |
* There were in addition two deaths in which the marital condition was not stated.
Table 27.
| Metropolitan borough | Maternal deaths per 1,000 live.births | Still.births and deaths under one week per 1,000 live.births | Percentage of maternal deaths occurring in | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From abortion | From all other causes | Still.births | Deaths | Hospitals and institutions | Nursing homes or at home | |
| Paddington | 0.58 | 319 | 35.5 | 26.8 | 84.6 | 15.4 |
| Kensington | 0.60 | 3.22 | 33.8 | 21.0 | 81.2 | 18.8 |
| Hammersmith | 0.56 | 2.96 | 29.7 | 21.4 | 92.0 | 8.0 |
| Fulham | 0.64 | 2.81 | 31.7 | 19.4 | 88.9 | 11.1 |
| Chelsea | — | 2 04 | 27.7 | 20.4 | 100.0 | — |
| Westminster, City of | 0.25 | 2.71 | 37.2 | 29.0 | 83.3 | 16.7 |
| St. Marylebone | 1.17 | 3.21 | 35.6 | 18.7 | 93.3 | 6.7 |
| Hampstead | 0.29 | 1.46 | 28.1 | 22.2 | 66.7 | 33.3 |
| St. Pancras | 0.51 | 2.76 | 30.5 | 20.1 | 93.7 | 6.3 |
| Islington | 0.53 | 2.87 | 33.3 | 19.1 | 95.3 | 4.7 |
| Stoke Newington | 1.08 | 4.34 | 34.3 | 18.1 | 80.0 | 20.0 |
| Hackney | 0.50 | 2.24 | 33 0 | 17.2 | 81.8 | 18.2 |
| Holborn | — | 3.43 | 37.8 | 27.5 | 75.0 | 25.0 |
| Finsbury | 0.25 | 1.23 | 31.4 | 16.7 | 100.0 | — |
| Shoreditch | 0.66 | 1.32 | 34.2 | 17.8 | 100.0 | _ |
| Bethnal Green | 0.48 | 1.93 | 29.4 | 18.0 | 100.0 | _ |
| Stepney | 0.51 | 2.09 | 32.0 | 17.8 | 94.4 | 5.0 |
| Poplar | 0.83 | 1.96 | 32.1 | 19.0 | 85.2 | 14.8 |
| Southwark | 0.50 | 2.32 | 33.3 | 18.8 | 89.3 | 10.7 |
| Bermondsey | 0.75 | 2.69 | 28.5 | 19.0 | 100.0 | — |
| Lambeth | 0.70 | 1.72 | 31.4 | 21.1 | 94.7 | 5.3 |
| Battersea | 0.68 | 2.60 | 27.4 | 17.4 | 75.9 | 24.1 |
| Wandsworth | 0.46 | 3.26 | 35.0 | 21.6 | 82.5 | 17.5 |
| Camberwell | 0.38 | 2.80 | 30.5 | 15.5 | 85.7 | 14.3 |
| Deptford | 1.26 | 2.53 | 28.9 | 18.0 | 87.5 | 12.5 |
| Greenwich | 0.55 | 3.48 | 28.0 | 22.7 | 77.3 | 22.7 |
| Lewisham | 0.46 | 2.73 | 34.0 | 16.9 | 74.3 | 25.7 |
| Woolwich | 0.38 | 2.44 | 32.6 | 22.3 | 95.5 | 4.5 |
| London County | 0.57 | 2.55 | 22.1 | 19.6 | 87.8 | 12.2 |
* The City of London is omitted as the area is too small to give representative rates.