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Malpresentation 5.6% (3.7%); Depressed Nipples (3.4% (3.7%);
and Contracted Pelvis 2.3% (3.6%). The figures within brackets
are those for 1929.
Maternal Mortality.
There were 7 deaths associated directly with pregnancy, as
compared with 11 in 1929. The maternal mortality rate was consequently
2.0 per 1,000 births, compared with 3.2 per 1,000 in
1929. In other words, as there were 108 still births, one mother
died for every 486 living babies born.
The deaths directly associated with pregnancy were caused
by : Puerperal Septicaemia, 1 case; Retained Placenta, 1 case;
Pulmonary Embolism, 1 case; Post-partum Haemorrhage, 1 case;
Abortion and Haemorrhage, 1 case; Pyosalphynx and Empyema,
1 case; Septic infection of a degenerating Fibroid following
pregnancy, 1 case.
In the Table below only deaths directly due to pregnancy are
included.