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Penge 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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The following shows a comparison of the maternal
mortality rates for the year :—
Puerperal Other
Sepsis causes T otal
England and Wales—
per 1,000 live births 1.68 2.42 4.10
Penge ,, ,, ,, Nil 5.11 5.11
England and Wales—
per 1,000 total births 1-61 2.32 3.93
Penge „ „ „ Nil 4.97 4.97
The average maternal mortality rates per 1,000 live
births for ten years (1926 to 1935 inclusive), are as follows :—
England and Wales 4.26
Penge 3.81
Infantile Mortality.
The number of Deaths under one year of age was 27,
corresponding to a rate of 69.4 per 1,000 births, compared
with the rates of 76.1 for 1934 and 37.4 for 1933.
Eleven infants died under the age of one week from
unavoidable causes.