Manual of the international list of causes of death based on the third decennial revision by the International Commisssion, Paris, October 11 to 15, 1920.

  • United States Census Bureau
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[1924]
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Credit: Manual of the international list of causes of death based on the third decennial revision by the International Commisssion, Paris, October 11 to 15, 1920. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Note.—'fhe term puerperal is intended to include pregnancy, parturition, and lactation. Whenever parturition or miscarriage has occurred within one month before the death of the patient, the fact should be certified, even though child-birth may not have contributed to the fatal issue. Whenever a woman of childbearing age, especially if married, is reported to have died from a disease which might have been puerperal, the local registrar should re- quire an explicit statement from the reporting physician as to whether the disease was or was not puerperal in character. The following diseases and symptoms are of this class: ® Abscess of the breast, Metrorrhagia, Acute nephritis, Nephritis, Albuminuria, Pelvic abscess, Cellulitis, Pelviperitonitis, Coma, Peritonitis, Convulsions, Phlegmasia alba dolens, Eclampsia, Phlebitis, Embolism , Pyemia, Endometritis, Salpingitis, Gastritis, Septicemia, Hemorrhage (uterine Sudden death, or unqualified), Tetanus, Lymphangitis, Thrombosis, Metritis, Uremia. Metroperitonitis. Physicians are requested always to write Puer- peral before the above terms and others that might be puerperal in character, or to add in parentheses (Not puerperal), so that there may be no possi- bility of error in the compilation of the mortality statistics; also to respond to the requests of the local registrars for additional information when, inad- vertently, the desired data are omitted. The value of such statistics can be greatly improved by cordial cooperation between the medical profession and the registration officials. Ifa physician wil] not write the true statement of puerperal character on the certificate, he may. privately communicate that fact to the local or state registrar, or write the num- ber of the International List under which the death should be compiled, e. g., “ Peritonitis (146).” 143. Accidents ! of pregnancy: [Name the condition.] (a) Abortion, [Term not used in invid- ious sense; Criminal abortion should be so specified (199).] (b) Ectopic gestation, (c) Others under this title. 144. Puerperal hemorrhage. 145. Other ee: of labor: [Name the condi- tion. Cesarean section, Other surgical operations and instrumental delivery, : Breech presentation, Difficult labor, Rupture of uterus in labor, etc. 146. Puerperal septicemia. 147. Puerperal phlegmasia alba dolens, embolus, sudden death. 148. Puerperal albuminuria and convulsions. 149. Following child-birth (not otherwise defined). [Define.] 150.. Puerperal diseases of the breast. [Name the disease. ] 151. Gangrene. (57), ete.] 152. Furuncle, [State part affected. 155. Diseases of the bones (tuberculosis excepted). [Name the disease. ] : Necrosis, [Give cause.] Osteomyelitis, f Osteoperiosteitis, etc. [Give cause.] 156. Diseases of the joints (tuberculosis and rheu- matism excepted).. Name the disease; always specify Acute rheumatic fever (51), Arthritis deformans (52), Tuberculosis of —— joint (35), etc., when cause is known. 153. Acuié abscess. [Name part affected, nature, or cause. | [Name the disease.] : 157. Amputations. [Name disease or injury requir- ing the amputation, thus permitting proper assignment elsewhere.] 158. Other diseases of the organs of locomotion. [Name the disease.] Congenital hydrocephalus, Congenital malformations of the heart, Spina bifida, etc. 160. Congenital debility, icterus, and sclerema. [Give cause of debility.] Atrophy. [Give cause.] Inanition, etc. [Give cause.] 161. Premature birth; Injury at birth: Premature birth, Injury at birth. 162. Other diseases peculiar to early infancy. Atelectasis, Umbilical hemorrhage, etc. 163. Lack of care. 164. Senility. causes.