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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Croydon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table I.

Table I.

YEAR.♦BIRTHS.Puerperal Toxaemias.Haemorrhages.Other Causes.
Puerperal Infection.Eclampsia.Hyperemesis.Ectopic Gestation.Plaoenta Praevia.Post.partum Haemorrhage.Pulmonary Embolism.Caesarean Section. !Shock.Heart Disease. Syncope.Renal Trouble.Other Causes.TOTAL.Maternal Mortality.Infant Mortality.
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...............236.857
1932331123..................1......172.149
193331475211......1............1123.847
1934318553...12.........1......1133.946
1935328871.........1...1............103.045
1936324852......2...3...1.........133.941
193732632...............5...1...32134.060
193833351........................1...130.940
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It has recently become the practice to give the maternal death rate
per 1,000 live and still births. The above table gives the rate per 1,000
live births. Below are given the rates per 1,000 total births since 1931.