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The principal causes of infantile mortality were as follows:-
Prematurity 31 deaths compared with 28 in 1936.
Pneumonia (all forms) 13 deaths compared with 27 in 1936.
Diarrhoea and Enteritis 29 deaths compared with 19 in 1936.
Forty-one deaths (36.7 per cent., of all deaths under one year of age) occurred in infants under
four weeks of age as compared with 55 in 1936 and 42 in 1935.
MATERNAL MORTALITY
The Maternal Mortality rate of 3.01 per 1.000 total births com pares with a rate for England
and Wales of 3.11. This rate is usually low in London and the South compared with the country
as a whole.
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 a Provision
Merchant's Manager.
23
5th May, 1937
Hospital.
1. (a) Eclampsia.
(b) Partus 2/5/37.
Wife of an Electrician.
27
13th July
Hospital.
Syncope. Respiratory failure and massive
collapse of lungs during gas,
oxygen and ether anæsthesia induced
for the purpose of instrumental
delivery. Misadventure.
Spinster.
28
31st July
Hospital.
1. (a) Pulmonary Embolism. (Post
puerperal.)
Spinster.
26
22nd October
Hospital.
1. (a) Post Parturn Eclampsia.
Wife of a Coal Porter.
39
2nd December
Hospital.
Bi-lateral pyelonephritis (recent abortion).
Natural.
Wife of a Clerk.
40
3rd December
Hospital.
1. (a) Post Partum.
(b) Eclampsia.