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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 (B)–County of London–Maternal deaths, from causes other than sepsis, among mirried women, 1931-1937
| Metropolitan boroughs arranged in topographical order | Childbirth | Miscarriage | Criminal abortion | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at death | Age at death | Age at death | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15– | 20– | 26– | 30– | 35. | 40– | 45+ | Total | 15– | 20. | 25– | 30– | 35– | 40– | 45+ | Total | 15– | 1 20– | 25– | 30– | 35– | 40– | 45+ | Total | |
| Paddington | – | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | – | 28 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||||
| Kensington | – | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Hammersmith | – | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | 15 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fulham | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | – | 20 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 5 | _ | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Chelsea | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Westminster, City of | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| St. Marylebone | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Hampstead | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| St. Pancras | – | 6 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 5 | – | 31 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Islington | – | 11 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 50 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Stoke Newington | _ | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hackney | – | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | – | 31 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Holborn | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Finsbury | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| City of London | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shoreditch | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 12 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bethnal Green | – | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 10 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Stepney | – | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | – | 35 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Poplar | – | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | 15 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Southwark | – | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | – | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bermondsey | – | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 14 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lambeth | – | – | 7 | 7 | 7 | – | 2 | 23 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Battersea | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | – | 26 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wandsworth | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Camberwell | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Deptford | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Greenwich | – | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lewisham | – | 5 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | – | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Woolwich | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | 15 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | ||
| Total, married women | 7 | 76 | 166 | 122 | 108 | 66 | 12 | 557 | – | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | – | 26 | – | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | 21 |
| Total, single women | 6 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | – | 45 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 20 |