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Penge 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Maternal Mortality.
One woman died of a cause other than puerperal sepsis
(post-partum haemorrhage).
The following shows a comparison of the maternal
mortality rates for the year :—
Puerperal Other
Sepsis. Causes. Total.
England and Wales :—
per 1,000 total births 0.97 2.26 3.23
Penge ,, ,, Nil 2.41 2.41
England and Wales :—
per 1,000 live births 0.94 2.17 3.11
Penge ,, ,, ,, Nil 2.32 2.32
The average maternal mortality rates per 1,000 live births
for the last ten years (1928 to 1937 inclusive), are as follows :—
England and Wales 4.14
Penge 3.42
Infantile Mortality.
The number of deaths under one year of age was 24,
corresponding to a rate of 57.9 per 1,000 births, compared
with the rates of 48.4 for 1936, and 69.4 for 1935.
Six infants died under the age of one week from unavoidable
causes.