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Croydon 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: T able LXXXVII

T able LXXXVII

Puerperal Toxæmias.Hæmorrhages.Other Causes.
YEAR.BIRTHS.Puerperal Infection.Eclampsia.Hyperemesis.Ectopic Gestation.Placenta Praevia.Post-partum Hæmorrhage.Pulmonary Embolism.Caesarian Section.Shock.Heart Disease. Syncope.Renal Trouble.Other Causes.TOTAL.Maternal Mortality.Infant Mortality.
1918262631......13...1.........3114.276
1919296551..............................62.073
1920435162......2...2......312184.163
1921363142......12......2...3...143.974
1922350581......111......2...1154.364
1923337342......1......2.........1103.052
1924345621.........32......1......92.656
1925340651.........321......1...133.855
1926347713.........211121...3246.961
192731745.........1...1.........1192.955
1928337424.........13............3133.953
192933994...11121............1113.265
193035141............21............372.048
1931340011323121...............236.257
73183411191554761—1833.861

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Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
Twenty-three cases of puerperal fever, and 50 cases of puerperal
Pyrexia were notified. This is a rate of 6.7 per 1,000 births for
the former and 14.7 per 1,000 for the latter. The death rates were:
puerperal fever 3.2 per 1,000 births; there were no deaths attributed
to puerperal pyrexia.
The following Table gives fuller details concerning these
cases:—