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Respiratory conditions were much more evident, and there
was a very marked increase in the number of deaths under one year
from this type of disease. In many cases of acute bronchitis and
broncho-pneumonia among infants, the home conditions, as
mentioned in my last annual report, are not suitable or fit for
nursing such cases.
Maternal Mortality.
Total number of births in Borough in 1927 5991
Number of deaths due to complications of pregnancy
or childbirth 18
Maternal Mortality 3 per 1,000
Average Age of Mother at Death 35.9 years
Analysis of Maternal Deaths :—
Three deaths were due to complications following miscarriage.
Cause of the miscarriage is not known in two cases, but
in the third there is a definite history of abortifacient having been
taken—this being an illegitimate pregnancy. In all cases the
abortion occurred within the first three months of pregnancy.
Certified Causes of Death :
(1) Miscarriage Died at home
(Age 37: Haemorrhage and syncope)
(2) Miscarriage Died in Hospital
(Age 38: Parametritis and Septicaemia—
Illegitimate)
(3) General periitonitis Died in Hospital
(Age 34: Pyaemia and abortion)
15 Maternal deaths now remain:
Delivered in hospital—4, all sent in as emergency cases.
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