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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 21 (A)–County of London–Maternal deaths from sepsis among married women, 1931.37
| Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order | Childbirth | Miscarriage | Criminal abortion | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at death | Age at death | Age at death | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 – | 20 – | 25 – | 30 – | 35 – | 40 – | 45+ | Total | 15 – | 20 – | 25 – | 30 – | 35 – | 40 – | 45+ | Total | 15 – | 20 – | 25 – | 30 – | 35 – | 40 – | 45+ | Total | |
| Paddington | – | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 8 | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Kensington | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 11 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Hammersmith | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | – | 12 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| Fulham | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chelsea | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Westminster, City of | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| St. Marylebone | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 |
| Hampstead | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| St. Pancras | – | – | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | 10 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Islington | 1 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 32 | – | – | 7 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 12 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Stoke Newington | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hackney | – | 3 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 10 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Holborn | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Finsbury | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| City of London | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shoreditch | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Bethnal Green | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Stepney | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | – | – | 9 | – | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 10 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Poplar | – | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | 9 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Southwark | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Bermondsey | – | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lambeth | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 20 | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | 4 |
| Battersea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wandsworth | – | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | – | 32 | – | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Camberwell | – | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | – | 23 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 8 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Deptford | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 7 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Greenwich | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 7 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 4* | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lewisham | – | – | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | – | 14 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Woolwich | – | 3 | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 11 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 4 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Total, married women | 5 | 40 | 86 | 79 | 50 | 28 | 4 | 292 | – | 20 | 36 | 51 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 165* | – | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| Total, single women | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | – | 34 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 6 | – | – | 55 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 5 | 4 | 1 | – | 26 |
* Including one death, age not stated, in Greenwich.