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Hackney 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During 1937 there were 4 deaths of Hackney women from
causes directly connected with childbirth. This represents a deathrate
of 1.35 mothers per 1,000 total births. The total number
of births was 2,962.
The actual causes of death were:—
1. Cardiac failure. Post-operative shock. Hysterectomy. Delay
in second stage of labour. Ruptured uterus. Forceps
hysterectomy.
2. Syncope and haemorrhage. Ether and oxygen anaesthesia.
Operation for ectopic gestation.
3. Post-partum hæmorrhage. Full-term delivery.
4. Acute hmorrhagic nephritis. Toxaemia of pregnancy. Uterine
puerperal sepsis.
* Information not yet available.
The special arrangements made by the Borough Council for the
investigation of maternal deaths and cases of puerperal fever and
puerperal pyrexia are described on page 66 of this Report.
SENILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of Hackney residents of 65 years of age and upwards
which occurred during 1937 numbered 1,176, and of these 567 were
between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 485 between 75 and 85 years,
and 124 at 85 years and upwards. The annual mortality-rate of
persons at 65 years and upwards is 5.7 per 1,000 inhabitants.
The maternal deaths and death-rates in the years 1933 to 1937 in England and Wales, London and Hackney were as follow s:—
| 1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | Number of Deaths | 2,618 | 2,748 | 2,457 | 2,301 | * |
| Death Rate | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.2 | |
| London | Number of Deaths | 201 | 158 | 144 | 111 | 124 |
| Death Rate | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 | |
| Hackney | Number of Deaths | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| Death Rate | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | |