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Post-partum haemorrhage 17
Raptured perinæum 52
Feeble condition of infant 65
,, mother 15
Prolonged first stage 22
,, second stage 15
Precipitated labour 1
Instrumental delivery 3
Adherent placenta 26
Placenta prævia 2
Uterine inertia 1
Abdominal pains 5
Rise of temperature 33
Eclampsia 4
Miscarriage 2
Infant jaundiced 2
Chorea 1
Inflammation of eyes 11
Ophthalmia 15
Erysipelas 1
Spina Bifida 4
Congenital Malformation 4
Death of infant 16
Still births 17
Other causes 38
Of the total 8,939 births registered in the Borough, 3,422 were
attended by Certified Midwives attached to the Institutions of the
Plaistow Maternity Charity—
1,992 were attended from Howard's Road.
1,430 „ „ Lansdowne Road.
Infant Mortality.—Much has been done of recent years to
inspire interest in the question of providing the best means of
combating with the great waste of infant life, and although recent
summers, except that of 1911, have been favourable to the newly
born, there is little doubt some of the improvement has been the
result of painstaking visitation and the steady infusion of knowledge.
Infant mortality is usually recorded in comparison with the
number of births. The total number of infants who died before they