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58. PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA.
Three cases of puerperal fever were notified as compared with three in 1930.
Two cases were admitted to hospital.
In addition to the cases of puerperal sepsis, 7 cases of puerperal pyrexia were
notified, the confinement in 4 cases being attended by a midwife. All the patients
recovered.
59. MATERNAL MORTALITY.
Four maternal deaths occurred during 1931, the deaths being certified as
follows :—
(a) Adherent Placenta (with complications) 1
(b) Placenta Praevia 2
(c) Hyperemesis Gravidarum 1
The number of these deaths is still too high. The figures compare favourably
with those for the rest of England, but then the figures for the whole country are
too high.
60. INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The total number of deaths of infants under the age of one year during the
year was 61, giving an infant mortality rate of 64.4 per thousand registered births,
compared with 61.32 per thousand for 1930.
The average infant mortality rate for the whole of the country for 1931 was
66, for London 65, and for the 107 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including
London, of over 50,000 inhabitants, the infant mortality rate was 71. It will
therefore be seen that our infant mortality figure for this year was not above the
average.
The following table shows the number of maternal deaths occurring in Barking
during the past six years
Year.
No. of Maternal Deaths.
1926
1
1927
3
1928
2
1929
2
1930
3
1931
4