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Ealing 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Maternal Mortality.—There were five maternal deaths
during the year, the maternal death-rate for the Borough being
2.00 per thousand births. The maternal death-rates in recent
years are shown in the following table from which it will be seen
that in recent years maternal mortality in the Borough has been
below the average for the country as a whole.
| Period | Ealing | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 1911—1915 | 3.03 | 4.03 |
| 1916—1920 | 2.70 | 4.12 |
| 1921—1925 | 4.01 | 3.90 |
| 1926—1930 | 3.31 | 4.27 |
| 1931—1935 | 4.10 | 4.12 |
| 1936 | 0.93 | 3.65 |
| 1937 | 2.50 | 3.23 |
| 1938 | 2.00 | 2.97 |
PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY.
The following table indicates the number of examinations carried out in the pathological laboratory, which is maintained at the Town Hall.
| Positive | Negative | Total 1938 | Total 1937 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria : From Medical Practitioners | 70 | 621 | 691 | 766 |
| From Isolation Hospital | 437 | 3,122 | 3,559 | 3.327 |
| From Health Centres | 14 | 453 | 467 | 262 |
| Tubercuiobis | 64 | 360 | 424 | 532 |
| Miscellaneous | 28 | 432 | 460 | 459 |
| Total | 613 | 4,988 | 5,601 | 5,346 |