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STILLBIRTHS
The total number of Stillbirths was 28, which gives a rate of
0.402 per 1,000 of the population, compared with 0.425 in 1936,
and a rate of 29.277 per 1,000 births. Enquiries have been made in
22 cases. 9 cases were attended by doctors and 13 by midwives.
Obstetric History:
Primagravida 11
Second Pregnancy 6 (In four cases there had been
one normal pregnancy : in
one case the previous pregnancy
had terminated by
miscarriage; and in the
other the previous pregnancy
was an ectopic
gestation).
Third Pregnancy 3 (In two cases the previous
pregnancies were normal;
in the other case there had
been two miscarriages).
Fourth Pregnancy 1 (Previous history showed one
normal pregnancy, one stillbirth
and one miscarriage).
Eleventh Pregnancy 1 (There had been nine normal
pregnancies, and one miscarriage).
Duration of Pregnancy:
Full Term 15 Primagravida 9 Multipara 6
Premature 7 Primagravida 2 Multipara 5
Time of Death:
Before Labour 9
Primagravida 3 (All at Full Term)
Multipara (2) 4 (One at Full Term; one at
30th week; one at 34th
week; one at 36th week)
Multipara (3) 1 (At 32nd week)
Multipara (4) 1 (At 36th week)
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