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There has been no sign of puerperal fever. The hygienic
state of the hospital is excellent.
170 women were delivered of 171 children, 2 of the
mothers succumbed, one of these was from pneumonia and
starvation before labour commenced.
3 of the children died shortly after birth from debility
and convulsions. The 5 deaths were those of nonparishioners.
In the out-patient department there were 508 deliveries
with only one maternal death, this latter fatality was the
result of puerperal convulsions, which set in before the advent
of labour.
Deaths in Hospitals and Public Institutions.
(Outside the District.)
Returns are sent to me weekly from the RegistrarGeneral's
office, Somerset House, in order that the rates of
mortality should be made correct by the addition of deaths
of residents in the district, in hospitals, lunatic asylums,
and other public institutions, where they had been received
for treatment
Without such distribution the death-rates are misleading
for comparative purposes.
During the past year 261 parishioners died in the following
public institutions.