Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The particulars of these deaths are entered in the following table : —
MATERNAL MORTALITY. | AGES. | WARDS. | ||||||||||||||||
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15 to 20 yrs. | 20 to 25 yrs. | 25 to 30 yrs. | 30 to 35 yrs. | 35 to 40 yrs. | 40 to 45 yrs. | 45 yrs. | Married. | Single. | Widowed. | Moorfields. | Church. | Hoxton. | Wenlock. | Whitmore. | Kingsland. | Haggerston. | Acton. | |
Accidents of Pregnancy :— | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Abortion | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ectopic gestation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Other accidents of pregnancy | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal haemorrhage | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Other accidents of childbirth | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal sepsis | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... |
Puerperal phlegmasia alba dolens not returned as septic | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Puerperal embolism and sudden death | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal albuminuria and convulsions | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Childbirth not assignable to other headings | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal diseases of the breast | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Mitral Stenosis and pregnancy | ... | ... | ... | l | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
*This death was associated with pregnancy or childbirth, but was assigned to Heart Disease.