[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port.

  • Dover (England). Town and Port Council.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (5) Maternal Mortality : The following tabular statement is of interest on this subject:— Registered. Maternal Death-rate. Year. Maternal Living still- per 1,000 per 1,000 living and Deaths. Births. births. living births. stillbirths combined, 1915 •> • > 895 not avail- O ‘> .T 19[() 4 1018 able 3.93 lor; 0 808 > y 0.91 —• 19L8 4 793 ) y 5.04 —• 1919 .> 917 j y 3.27 ■—■ 1920 S 1117 20 7.17 7.00 1921 3 932 33 3.22 3.11 1922 3 829 31 3.02 3.49 1923 3 875 18 3.43 3.30 192d 9 848 10 2.30 2.31 Total 39 9092 124 .-Vverage 4.28 Reg’stered. Maternal Death rate. Year Maternal Living Still- per 1,000 per 1,000 living and Deaths. Births. births. living births. stillbirths combined. 1925 1 805 19 1.24 1.2! i 920 o 748 27 4.01 3.87 1927 o 778 23 3.84 O . i 4: 192S 9 /o3 28 2.00 2.5() 1929 4 05t) 22 0.15 5.95 1930 3 003 4.52 4.31 193L 2 075 34 2.90 2.82 1932 043 28 3.1 1 2.98 1933 1 008 21 1.04 1.58 1934 1 059 27 1.51 1.45 4'otal 22 ()9S2 201 Average 3.15 3.03 1935 008 33 2.99 2.85 I'he : causes of the maternal deatlis were :—■ Puerperal septicaemia • • • « 1 CIiTTdbirth— -Pulmonary embolism 1 (6) Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Cases 1935 • Treated ; Vision Vision Total Noticed. .4t Home. In Hospital. Unimpaired. Impaired. Blindness. Deaths. 4 3 1 4 - , One case was adniitted to Isolation Hospital. Three cases were treated at out-patient department, Roycd Victoria Hospital.