Annual report : 1945 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1945 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MATERNAL MORTALITY Four maternal deaths in 4,093 discharged patients. Gross maternal mortality (including abortion, ectopic and other) = .098% or 1.0 per thousand discharged patients or 1.15 per thousand pregnancies. The four deaths were as follows: 1. Antenatal patients (dying before delivery). 1 2. Postpartum (full term and premature deliveries). 3 3. All other patients (abortions and postpartum admission) 0 Total. 4 INFANTILE MORTALITY Total infantile mortality includes all full term and premature infants, deadborn, stillborn, or dying within 14 days following birth in the Lying-In Hospital Obstetrical Service. An abortion or previable delivery is any fetus weighing less than 1,500 grams, or measuring less than 35 cm. in length. These are not included in the Total In¬ fantile Mortality. 87 infantile deaths in 3,235 total infants: Deadborn and stillborn. 54 Neonatal deaths. 33 Total. 87 Gross Infantile Mortality = 2.69% [30]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31711078_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
