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Shoreditch 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
The number of Shoreditch women whose deaths were primarily classified
to childbirth during the year was 3.
This gives a Maternal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births of 1*78 and per
1,000 total births (i.e., Still births included) of 172. The corresponding
figures for England and Wales were 411 and 3 95, and for the County of
London 3 80 and 3*68.
The particulars of these deaths, classified according to age and cause,
are given in the table on page 22. It is a matter of satisfaction that no
Shoreditch death was attributed to puerperal sepsis during the year.
Abortion was an associated cause of death in one instance, the certificate
being in the following terms : — (a) Pyelitis, (b) abortion following two
months' pregnancy.
For purposes of comparison the maternal mortality rates per 1,000 live births in England and Wales, London and Shoreditch, during the year 1931 and ten preceding years are given as follows : —
| Year. | Deaths from Sepsis. | Deaths from other diseases 1 and accidents of Pregnancy. | Total. | Deaths from Sepsis. | Deaths from other diseases and accidents of Pregnancy. | Total. | Deaths from Sepsis. | Deaths from other diseases and accidents of Pregnancy. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 1.66 | 2.45 | 4.11 | 2.02 | 1.78 | 3.80 | ... | 1.78 | 1.78 |
| 1930 | 1.92 | 2.48 | 4.40 | 1.71 | 1.45 | 3.16 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 1929 | 1.80 | 2.53 | 4.33 | 1.88 | 1.73 | 3.61 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 1928 | 1.79 | 2.63 | 4.42 | 1.59 | 2.00 | 3.59 | 1.43 | 1.91 | 3.34 |
| 1927 | 1.57 | 2.54 | 4.11 | 1.31 | 1.60 | 2.90 | 0.91 | 0.47 | 1.38 |
| 1926 | 1.60 | 2.52 | 4.12 | 1.61 | 1.74 | 3.35 | 1.19 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
| 1925 | 1.56 | 2.52 | 4.08 | 1.42 | 1.77 | 3.19 | 0.76 | 2.24 | 3.04 |
| 1924 | 1.39 | 2.51 | 3.90 | 1.24 | 1.84 | 3.08 | 0.39 | 3.2 | 3.59 |
| 19.3 | 1.30 | 2.51 | 3.81 | 1.37 | 1.52 | 2.89 | 0.0 | 1.41 | 1.41 |
| 1922 | 1.38 | 2.43 | 3.81 | 1.36 | 1.48 | 2.84 | 1.02 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 1921 | 1.38 | 2.53 | 3.91 | 1.42 | 1.56 | 2.98 | 1.34 | 1.0 | 2.0 |