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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

Hackney 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The causes of death are set out in the following table:—

The causes of death are set out in the following table:—

Cause of Death.Under 24 hrs.1 day to 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total.
Measles......................
Scarlet Fever......................
Whooping Cough............1......1
Diphtheria......................
Erysipelas..................11
T.B. Meningitis......................
Meningitis................112
Convulsions..2....13........3
Bronchitis..........1..2..3
Pneumonia111..251055530
Diarrhoea......112935221
Suffocation (overlying)..............1....1
Injury at Birth1....2..3........3
Atelectasis71......8........8
Congenital defects2331..9731..20
Premature Birth168411302......32
Marasmus......112........2
Other causes21..126411214
Totals29168786834131511141

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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During 1935 there were 9 deaths of Hackney women from
causes directly connected with childbirth. This represents a deathrate
of 2.93 mothers per 1,000 total births. The total number
of births was 3,064.
The actual causes of death were:—
1. Operation shock and prolonged anaesthesia. Obstructed labour.
2. Puerperal septicaemia. Puerperal endometritis.
3. Shock. Difficult labour. Toxaemia of pregnancy.
4. Fatty degeneration of heart, accelerated by forceps delivery and
anaesthetic.
5. Toxaemia of pregnancy, accelerated by caesarian section and
anaesthetic. Tear of pelvis.
6. Acute streptococcal septicaemia. Septic infection of uterus.
Abortion.
7. Streptococcal septicaemia. Streptococcal breast abscess.
8. Post-partum haemorrhage. Retained placenta.
9. Pulmonary embolism following caesarian section.