[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham] page 151

West Ham 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: Table II. History of Cases of Maternal Deaths from Causes other than Sepsis.

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Table II. History of Cases of Maternal Deaths from Causes other than Sepsis.

No.	Para.	Ante-natal care.				No ante-natal care.	Delivered.		Died.		Full-time or Premature.	Abortion.	Certified Cause of Death.
No.	Para.	Hospital.	Clinic.	Private Doctor	Midwife.	No ante-natal care.	Home.	Hos-pital.	Home	Hospital.	Full-time or Premature.	Abortion.	Certified Cause of Death.
1	4	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	Full-time Transverse position, Long, difficult labour	-	Uterine haemorrhage and shock following obstetric version for transverse presentation
2	4	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	Full-time: Fibroid tumour of uterus	-	Shock following operation for Caesarian section
3	3	-	Refused to attend clinic	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	Full-time twins Normal delivery Post-partum eclampsia	-	Toxaemia of pregnancy. Nephritis
4	7	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	14 weeks pregnancy Died 12 hours after attempt to induce abortion by means of a syringe	Felo-de-se Shock of attempted abortion on herself
5	8	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	Full-time 1 antepartum eclamptic fit. Refused to enter hospital at 34 weeks for treatment for toxic albuminuria	-	Toxaemia of pregnancy Nephritis
6	2	-	-	-	-	+ Engaged midwife 2 days before death	+	-	+	-	Premature 32 weeks Placenta Praevia A.P.H. and P.P.H. Died soon after delivery	-	Shock following ante-par-tum haemorrhage
7	4	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	6-8 weeks	Intraperitoneal haemorrhage Ruptured ectopic pregnancy
8	8	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	Premature	-	Secondary postpartum haemorrhage Placenta Praevia
9	1	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+	Premature 36 weeks Macerated foetus	-	Hyperemesis gravidarum