Deaths in childbed : a preventable mortality : being the Milroy lectures delivered at the Royal College of Physicians, 1904 / by W. Williams.

  • Williams, William, 1857-1911.
Date:
1904
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    Table IX.—The Coinpamtivc NumhcT of Mothers Dying in Chililhed for periods of 53 Tears and 20 Years respectively. 53 years (1848-1900). 20 years (1881-1900). Puerperal septic diseases. Accidents of childbirth. Childbed (all causes). Puerperal septic diseases. Accidents of childbirth. Childbed (all causes), North Wales 1 in 476 1 in 454 1 in 232 1 in 344 1 in 285 lin 156 South Wales 1 in 454 1 in 270 1 in 169 1 in 357 1 in 277 1 in 156 Bagland and Wales 1 in 555 1 in 370 1 in 222 1 in 476 lin416 lin 222 That is to say, there died annually from puerperal fever for the period of 53 years one out of 555 mothers confined in England and Wales as compared with one mother in every 476 in North Wales, and one in 454 in South Wales, whilst during the same period there died in England and Wales from the accidents of childbirth one in 370, as compared with one in 454 in North Wales and one in 270 in South Wales during the same period. Again, during 20 years 1881-1900 in England and Wales there died from puerperal fever one in every 476 women confined as compared with one in 344 in North Wales and one in 357 in South Wales, whilst during the same period there died in England and Wales from the accidents of childbirth one in 416, as com- pared with one in 285 in North Wales and one in 277 in South Wales. It will be further noticed that the mortality from pvxerperal septic diseases for both these periods is very much the same in the North Wales and the South Wales groups of counties, whereas the mortality from accidents of childbirth for the 53 years (1848-1900) is con- siderably higher in South Wales than in North Wales, or as 1-7 is to one. Again, during the period of 20 years (1881- 1900) the mortality from puerperal septic diseases is much the same in North Wales and South Wales, whereas the mortality from accidents of childbirth is only slightly higher in South Wales than in North Wales. Moreover, it will be seen that the mortality-rates from puerperal septic diseases and accidents of childbirth are respectively 1'8 and 2'7 for the 53 years and are 2'1 and 2'4 for the 20 years' period, so that the mortality-rate from puerperal septic diseases has increased from 1'8 to 2*1 per 1000 and the mortality-rate from accidents of childbirth has diminished from 2'7 to 24 per 1000, thus making the total mortality-rate of 45 per 1000 the same for both periods.