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Shoreditch 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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The particulars of these deaths are entered in the following table:—

Table: MATERNAL MORTALITY, 1932.

MATERNAL MORTALITY, 1932.

AGES.Married.Single.Widowed.WARDS.
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.Moorfields.Church.Hoxton.Wenlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.
Post abortive Sepsis......1...............1............1............
Abortion not returned as septic......................................................
Haemorrhage following abortion......................................................
Without record of haemorrhage......................................................
Ectopic gestation......1............1...............1............
Other accidents of pregnancy......................................................
Puerperal haemorrhage......................................................
Placenta proevia......................................................
Other puerperal haemorrhage......................................................
Puerperal sepsis......................................................
Puerperal septicaemia and pyaemia......................................................
Puerperal tetanus......................................................
Puerperal albuminuria and convulsions...1...............1........................1...
Puerperal convulsions...1...............1........................1...
Other conditions......................................................
Other toxaemias of pregnancy......................................................
Puerperal phlegmasia alba dolens. embolism and sudden death......................................................
Puerperal phlegmasia alba dolens not returned as septic......................................................
Puerperal embolism and sudden death......................................................
Other accidents of childbirth...............1......1.........1...............
Other or unspecified conditions of the puerperal state......................................................
Puerperal insanity......................................................
Puerperal diseases of the breast......................................................
Childbirth unqualified......................................................
Associated with pregnancy and child-bearing, but not classed thereto......................................................
Chronic rheumatic endocarditis, syncope during labour.........1...............1.........1............