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Barking 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The following table gives you similar information for the last fifteen years:—
Maternal Mortality—Statistics.
| Year. | Barking. | England and Wales. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from | Rate per 1,000 births. | Rate per 1,000 births. | ||
| Puerperal Sepsis. | Other Puerperal Causes. | |||
| 1924 | 1 | 2 | 3.66 | *3.90 |
| 1925 | — | 1 | 1.21 | *4.08 |
| 1926 | — | 1 | 1.22 | *4.12 |
| 1927 | 2 | 1 | 4.23 | *4.11 |
| 1928 | — | 2 | 2.48 | 4.25 |
| 1929 | — | 2 | 2.54 | 4.16 |
| 1930 | — | 3 | 3.72 | 4.22 |
| 1931 | 1 | 3 | 4.08 | 3.95 |
| 1932 | — | 1 | 0.88 | 4.06 |
| 1933 | 4 | — | 3.2 | 4.23 |
| 1934 | 1 | 4 | 3.82 | 4.41 |
| 1935 | 3 | 1 | 3.18 | 3.93 |
| 1936 | 1 | 2 | 2.44 | 3.65 |
| 1937 | 1 | 4 | 4.28 | 3.11 |
| 1938 | 2 | 1 | 2.58 | 2.97 |
* Rate per thousand live births—figure not available in respect of rate
per thousand total births.
The maternal mortality rate this year is 2.58 and it
is lower than that which is given for the whole of
England and Wales, although as I have reported previously
it is not possible to compare these rates from area
to area.
It does appear that some information about the
three deaths which occurred in Barking might be
useful—the first case is one which was not dealt with
under your own scheme and never attended an antenatal
clinic. It was one in which pregnancy had only
been present about three months and with the oncoming
of sudden symptoms, which required urgent