[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Washington U.D.C.

  • Washington (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Washington U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Maternal Mortality There were no deaths among women from puerperal sepsis, pregnancy or abortion. Comparisons between England and Wales and Washington The maternal mortality per 1,000 total live and still births based on deaths which are primarily classed as due to diseases of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperal state is shown in the follow¬ ing table. England Washington Urban and Wales District Sepsis of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium ... ... 0.10 — i\bortion with toxaemia ... ... 0.00 — Other toxaemias of pregnancy and the puerperium ... ... ... 0.24 — Haemorrhage of pregnancy and child¬ birth . ... 0.13 — Abortion without mention of sepsis or toxaemia ... ... ... 0.05 — Abortion with sepsis ... ... ... 0.09 — Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium 0.18 — Death Rate of infants under One Year During 1951 there were 14 children who died in the area before attaining the age of 1 year, being 6 males and 8 females, equivalent to an Infantile Mortality Rate of 42.17 per 1,000 live births. No illegitimate child died under 1 year of age. The rate for England and Wales for 1951 was 29.6 per 1,000 live births. In 1950 there were 10 children who died under 1 year of age, yielding an Infantile Mortality Rate of 30.77. The following table shows the death rates for infants under one year of age according to the total number of live births and legitimacy for the years 1941-1951.