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Shoreditch 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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MATERNAL MORTALITY
The following table shows the maternal mortality rates for the last ten years
Table No. 78
| Year | Shoreditch Total Maternal Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreditch | London | England and Wales | ||
| 1929 | 4 | 2.00 | 3.61 | 4.33 |
| 1930 | 7 | 3.50 | 3.33 | 4.40 |
| 1931 | 3 | 1.78 | 3.81 | 4.11 |
| 1932 | 4 | 2.39 | 2.99 | 4.21 |
| 1933 | 6 | 4.02 | 3.66 | 4.51 |
| 1934 | 1 | 0.69 | 2.48 | 4.60 |
| 1935 | 4 | 3.10 | 2.58 | 4.10 |
| 1936 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.92 | 3.65 |
| 1937 | 4 | 3.27 | 2.29 | 3.23 |
| 1938 | 3 | 2.54 | 1.88 | 2.97 |
(b) MATERNITY WORK
ANTE-NATAL SUPERVISION
The ante-natal work which is carried out under the control of the Borough
Council may be divided broadly into three groups—home visiting by health
visitors ; medical examinations and supervision at ante-natal clinics held at the
Model Welfare Centre ; and medical examinations and supervision at the ante-natal
clinic connected with the Shoreditch School for Mothers.
Home visiting.—This is carried out by the health visitors mainly as an
adjunct to an examination of pregnant women by a doctor at one of the ante-natal
clinics. In addition certain women whose confinement is to be conducted by the
municipal midwife are visited by her during their pregnancies.
The municipal midwife also visits expectant mothers who are to be confined by
students of St. Bartholomew's Hospital under her supervision. The following table