Annual report : 1942 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.

  • Society of the Lying-In Hospital of the City of New-York.
Date:
1942
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Credit: Annual report : 1942 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MATERNAL MORTALITY FOR PERIOD September 1, 1932—December 31, 1942 PAVILION, PRIVATE AND BERWIND OUTDOOR SERVICES During this period there were 75 deaths in 42,854 discharged patients; a maternal mortality rate of 0.175 per cent, or 1.75 per 1,000 patients discharged, or 1.98 per 1,000 pregnancies. The causes of death in these patients are shown in the fol¬ lowing table: Cause of Death 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Total Grand Total Per Cent Total Infection Antepartum. Postpartum Puerperal Infection. Peritonitis following Cesar- #»nn Spr.finn . • • 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 • • 4 6 > 17 22.7 Peritonitis following ruptured Anopnrliv . 1 1 2 FV»<;f aHnrf al . 1 1 , . , , . . 2 4 / Pneumonia 1 1 2 1 6 8.0 Pn^tnarMim . I 1 1 1 . # , , • . . . 4 / 6 Hemorrhage Antepartum 1 1 > Premature separation. Postpartum Vnorinal Dcliverv. 1 • • 1 l 1 1 2 1 1 3 6 * 16 21.3 Following Cesarean Section. Ruptured Uterus. Toxemia Acute Yellow Atrophy. 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 5.3 Cardiac Disease 1 1 1 1 1 5 \ 9 12.0 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . 4 / 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 10 10 13.3 1 1 2 2 2.8 1 1 2 2 2.8 Cerebro-vascular Accident. Tuberculosis, Miliary. Chorioepithelioma (Postpartum). Blood Dyscrasia — erythroblastic splenomegaly. 1 1 1 1 1 1 • ■ 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 4.0 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 # # . . 1 1 1 1.3 Not Determined (Insufficient 1 . . • . . . . . 1 1 1.3 ... 4 7 6 14 11 8 4 2 7 4 8 75 75 100.0 [31]