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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

Fulham 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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15
MATERNAL MORTALITY-
The Maternal Mortality rate of 1-85 per 1,000 total births compares favourably with the
similar rate for England and Wales, namely 3-81- This rate is usually low in London and the
South compared with the country as a whole-

Table: The following is a list of the maternal deaths together with the causes:—

The following is a list of the maternal deaths together with the causes:—

Occupation-Age-Date and place of death-Cause of Death-
Wife of Caterer's Watchman-3716th February— Hospital-Haemorrhage following abortion at three months; fifth pregnancy-
Wife of Commercial Motor Driver-329th May— Hospital-Purulent BronchoPneumonia following miscarriage of first pregnancy at about three months—not due to interference-
Wife of Advertising Copy Writer-3716th June— Nursing Home-1- (a) Pulmonary Embolism, (b) Placenta Praevia-
Wife of a Clerk-3113th July— Hospital-1- (a) Peritonitis- (b) Pelvic abscess, sloughing round ligament- Placenta accreta.