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Shoreditch 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: MATERNAL MORTALITY, 1937 Table No. 21

MATERNAL MORTALITY, 1937 Table No. 21

AGESSTATUSWARDS
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.Wedlock.Whitmore.Kingsland.Haggerston.Acton.
Post abortive sepsis1.....................1...............1.........
Abortion not returned as septic:
Haemorrhage following abortion......................................................
Without record of haemorrhage......................................................
Ectopic gestation......................................................
Other accidents of pregnancy......................................................
Puerperal haemorrhage:
Placenta praevia......................................................
Other puerperal haemorrhage......1............1.....................1......
Puerperal sepsis:
Puerperal septicaemia and pyaemia......................................................
Puerperal tetanus......................................................
Puerperal albuminuria and convulsions:
Puerperal convulsions.........1.........1..................1.........
Other conditions.........1.........1..................1.........
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......................................................
Other or unspecified conditions of the puerperal state:
Puerperal insanity......................................................
Puerperal diseases of the breast......................................................
Childbirth unqualified......................................................
Associated with pregnancy and childbear-ing, but not classed thereto......................................................
Chronic rheumatic endocarditis, syncope during labour......................................................