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 FOR PERIOD September 1, 1932—December 31, 1945 PAVILION, PRIVATE AND BERWIND OUTDOOR SERVICES During this period there were 88 deaths in 55,058 discharged patients; a maternal mortality rate of 0.160 per cent, or 1.60 per 1,000 patients discharged, or 1.83 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 1943 1944 1945 Total Grand Total Per Cent Total Infection Antepartum. . . • . 1 1 \ Postpartum Puerperal Infection. . . . 1 1 . . 2 • . . . , . . . # # 1 . . . . 5 Peritonitis following Ce- sarean Section. . . . . 2 2 1 , , 1 . . , , . , . . 6 f 18 20.5 Peritonitis following ruptured Appendix... . . . . . . • . . . , , • . 1 , , 1 , . . . 2 Postabortal. 1 1 2 4 Pneumonia Antepartum. 1 1 • . . . . . . . . . . , , , . , • . . . 2 1 6 A Q Postpartum. 2 . . 1 • • 1 « . . . • . . . . . • . . . 4 / 6 O.o Hemorrhage Antepartum Placenta previa. . . . . 1 . . . . • • . . . . • • . • 1 Premature separation.. • • 1 . . 1 1 . , . . . . • , . . • • 3 Postpartum Vaginal Delivery. 1 . . 1 . . 2 1 . . 1 • • 1 1 8 18 20.5 Following Cesarean Sec- tion. . . 2 • • • • . • • . . . 1 . , , • . . 3 Ruptured Uterus. 1 . . . . . , . . 1 , , . . . . 2 Ectopic Pregnancy. • . . . . . • . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 Toxemia Acute Yellow Atrophy . . 1 • • 1 • . . . 1 . . • • . . . . 3 l 4 A C Eclampsia. 1 1 J *t. J Cardiac Disease ) Antepartum. 1 1 • . . • . . 1 1 1 1 1 7 X 11 Postpartum. 1 1 1 1 4 I \ L.J Embolus. 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 12 12 13.6 Pyelonephritis. 1 1 • • • • 2 2 2.3 Anesthesia. 1 • . . • 1 . . 2 2 2.3 Cerebro-vascular Accident. . 1 1 1 1 . . 1 5 5 5.7 Transfusion Reaction. . . . . 1 1 1 1.2 Tuberculosis, Miliary. 1 • • . . 1 1 1.2 Chorioepithelioma (Postpar- turn). . . 1 1 . . 2 2 2.3 Carcinoma of Liver. . a . • . , 1 1 1 1.1 Carcinoma of Thyroid. . . • • • • 1 1 1 1.1 Blood Dyscrasia — erythro- blastic splenomegaly. . . 1 . . 1 1 1.1 Suicide (undelivered). 1 • . • . • • 1 1 1.1 Colitis, Subacute. . . # t 1 . . . . 1 1 1.1 Not Determined (Insufficient Data). . . . . • • 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . • 1 1 1.1 Total. 11 6 14 11 8 4 2 7 4 8 4 5 4 88 88 100.0 [31]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31711078_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
