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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 16.
Maternal Mortality, Woolwich, 1912-1929.
| Year. | Abortion. | Ectopic Gestation. | Placenta Praevia. | Other Puerperal Haemorrhage. | Other Accidents of Child Birth. | Child Birth with Secondary Causes. | Puerperal Eclampsia. | Puerperal Phlebitis and Embolism. | Puerperal Fever. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1913 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 |
| 1914 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 1915 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 8 |
| 1916 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 7 | 15 |
| 1917 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | i | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 1918 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 1919 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 1920 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 1921 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 1922 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 6 |
| 1923 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 5 |
| 1924 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1925 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 9 |
| 1926 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1927 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1928 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 8 | 13 |
| 1929 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| Totals | 7 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 75 | 175 |