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STILLBIRTHS.
The total number of stillbirths was 40, which gives a rate of
0.566 per 1,000 of the population (compared with 0.402 in 1937)
and a rate of 42.964 per 1,000 births. Enquiries have been completed
in 24 cases and details are set out below.
Obstetric History:
Primagravida 12
Second Pregnancy 4 (In two cases there had been
one normal pregnancy ; in
the other two the previous
pregnancies had miscarried)
Third Pregnancy 3 (In one case there had been
two normal pregnancies;
one case had had one normal
pregnancy and one stillbirth;
and the third case
had had one normal pregnancy
and one miscarriage).
Fourth Pregnancy 3 (In one case there had been
three normal pregnancies;
one case had had one
normal pregnancy and two
stillbirths, and the third
case had had one normal
pregnancy, one stillbirth
and one miscarriage).
Fifth Pregnancy 1 (Previous history showed two
normal pregnancies, one
stillbirth and one miscarriage).
Seventh Pregnancy 1 (Previous pregnancies were
normal).
Duration of Pregnancy :
Full Term 12 Primagravida 7 Multipara 5
Premature 12 Primagravida 5 Multipara 7
Time of Death :
Before Labour 13
Primagravida 6 (One at Full Term ; one at
32nd week ; one at 35th
week ; two at 36th week ;
and one at 37th week).
Multipara (2) 1 (At 31st week).
Multipara (3) 2 (One at 35th week, and one at
38th week).
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