[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough.
- Merthyr Tydfil (Wales : County). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MATERNAL MORTALITY. i Total number of deaths during the year 6 Death rate per thousand live births ... ... 5.4 Death rate per thousand total births ... ... 5.2 Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis, rate per thousand total births ... Nil '] !; K MERTHYR INFIRMARY AND GWAUNFARREN i MATERNITY HOME. ir % 738 women entered the Infirmary and Gwaunfarren Maternity i' Home for their confinement during the year—of these, 622 were^: cases from the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil. Priority forf admission was given to those {a) Primipara—with anticipated*; obstetrical difficulties, and [b) cases where the home circumstance^ were unsatisfactory.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28859704_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
