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Tottenham 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES AND MATERNAL DEATHS, AND LIVE AND
STILL BIRTHS IN TOTTENHAM FROM 1923-1938.
Births Registered.
Maternal Mortality.
Puerperal Fever.
Other Puerperal Causes.
Year.
Live
Births.
Still
Births.
Total
Births.
Deaths.
Rate per
1000 total
Births.
Deaths.
Rate per
1000 total
Births.
Total
Deaths.
Rate per
1000 total
Births.
1923
3,093
61
3,154
4
1.26
3
0.95
7
2.22
1924
2,853
69
2,922
3
1.02
4
1.37
7
2.39
1925
2,638
85
2,723
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6
2.20
6
2.20
1926
2,601
62
2,663
1
0.37
5
1.87
6
2.25
1927
2,388
76
2,464
3
1.21
5
2.03
8
3.25
1928
2,473
71
2,544
2
0.78
7
2.75
9
3.53
1929
2,561
88
2,649
1
0.37
3
1.13
4
1.50
1930
2,510
92
2,602
3
1.15
2
0.77
5
1.92
1931
2,345
88
2,433
3
1.23
7
2.88
10
4.11
1932
2,214
79
2,293
4
1.74
6
2.62
10
4.36
1933
2,138
71
2,209
3
1.35
10
4.53
13
5.88
1934
2,091
60
2,151
5
2.32
6
2.80
11
5.11
1935
1,969
67
2,036
1
0.49
5
2.45
6
2.94
1936
1,931
77
2,008
2
0.99
1
0.49
3
1.49
1937
1,973
64
2,037
3
1.47
6
2.95
9
4.42
1938
1,920
52
1,972
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5
2.53