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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Carshalton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
No deaths in 1937 were ascribed to maternal causes compared
with 7 in the year before when the maternal death rate was 7.57
per thousand total births. It is seven years since a maternal
mortality of nil was recorded.
The mortality per thousand births over the last 15 years was
4.5, over the last 10 years 4.4 and over the last 5 years 4.l.
TABLE 9.
| Year | Births | Maternal Deaths | Maternal Mortality Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 244 | 2 | 8.1 |
| 1922 | 281 | 3 | 10.6 |
| 1923 | 275 | 1 | 3.6 |
| 1924 | 278 | 2 | 7.1 |
| 1925 | 312 | 1 | 3.2 |
| 1926 | 290 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1927 | 305 | 3 | 9.8 |
| 1928 | 340 | 5 | 14.7 |
| 1929 | 441 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1930 | 434 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1931 | 489 | 4 | 8.1 |
| 1932 | 501 | 2 | 3.9 |
| 1933 | 542 | 2 | 3.6 |
| 1934 | 631 | 3 | 4.6 |
| 1935 | 825 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 1936 | 923 | 7 | 7.57 |
| 1937 | 895 | 0 | 0.0 |