[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 83

Walthamstow 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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MATERNAL MORTALITY
During 1947 there were four deaths due to other puerperal
causes.

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DEATHS DUE TO PREGNANCY AND CHILD BEARING AND/OR ASSOCIATED THEREWITH DURING 1947

Case No.	Date of Death.	Certified Cause of Death and Classification.	Age.	Ward.
1	9.3.47	Acute eclampsia. (Live birth)	33	Ho.
2	11.6.47	Pulmonary embolism due to femoral phle-bothrombosis accompanying pregnancy— not delivered.	34	J.
3	10.9.47	Pulmonary infarction. Morbidly adherent placenta. Premature labour. (Live birth)	22	W.
4	26.12,47	Shock following lacerations of the vagina from efforts to deliver foetus in occipito-posterior position.	26	H.H.

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The following table shows the maternal mortality rates for 1947 :—

Births. Registered.	Deaths of Women due to Pregnancy and Child-Bearing.
	WALTHAMSTOW.						England and Wales.
	Puerperal Sepsis. (Heading 29 R.G.)	Other Puerperal Causes. (Heading 30 R.G.)	Total	Rates per 1,000 Births registered.			Rates per 1,000 Births registered.
	Puerperal Sepsis. (Heading 29 R.G.)	Other Puerperal Causes. (Heading 30 R.G.)	Total	Puerperal Sepsis.	Other Puerperal Causes.	Total.	Puerperal Sepsis.	Other Puerperal Causes.	Total.
Live, 2,670	-	4	4	-	1.49	1.49	Not avaible
Live and Stillbirths. 2.729 . .	-	4	4	-	1.46	1.46	„	„	„

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The following table sets out the maternal mortality, stillbirth and neo-natal death rates for the past five years: —

Rate (per 1,000 live births).	1947.	1946.	1945.	1944.	1943.
Maternal Mortality	1.49	0.78	1.74	5.21	4.92
Stillbirths	21.6	27.5	32.6	27.1	30.7
Neo-Natal Deaths	13.1	19.2	21.0	20.8	26.2