Annual report : 1934 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York.
- Society for the Lying-In Hospital
- Date:
- 1934
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report : 1934 / Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![INFANTILE MORTALITY Total infantile mortality includes all full term and premature infants, deadborn, stillborn or dying within 14 days following birth on the Lying-In Hospital Indoor and Outdoor Obstetrical Services and Berwind Out¬ door Obstetrical Service. Abortions are all infants born weighing less than 1,500 grams, or measuring less than 35 cm. in length. Abortions are not included in the Total Infantile Mortality. Discharges (Abortions not included): Deadborn Total and Neonatal Total Infants Stillborn Deaths Deaths Lying-In Hospital (Indoor Service). 2,672 70 52 122 Lying-In Hospital (Outdoor Service). 85 0 1 1 Berwind Service. 894 8 8 16 Total infants. 3,651 78 61 139 Infantile Deaths (139 deaths in 3,651 cases) Gross infantile mortality = 3.806% An analysis of the 139 infant deaths is as follows: Lying-In Lying-In Berwind Deadborn, Stillborn, Neonatal: Indoor Outdoor Outdoor Total Deadborn, macerated, not lues 22 4 26 Deadborn, malformation. 2 2 4 Deadborn, various causes. 11 1 12 Deadborn, premature separa- tion. 2 2 Deadborn, prolapsed cord.... 1 1 Deadborn, nephritis. 3 3 Deadborn, injury. 3 3 Deadborn, asphyxia. 8 8 Deadborn, placenta praevia. . 3 3 Deadborn, prematurity. 1 1 Deadborn, macerated lues.... 1 1 Deadborn, dead before opera- tion. 3 3 Stillborn, malformation. 3 3 Stillborn, premature separa- tion. 1 1 Stillborn, asphyxia. 2 1 3 Stillborn, placenta praevia.... 2 2 Stillborn, various causes. 2 2 Died first day. 31 4 35 Died after first day. 21 1 4 26 Total. 122 1 16 139 [42]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31710979_0046.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
