H.—3l.

Causes of all deaths of patients admitted to maternity hospitals, including all cases transferred whether before or after delivery Puerperal Onuses: Exclampsia and other toxaemias of pregnancy,. 14; obstetric shock, 8; puerperal septicaemia, 6; haemorrhage, 4; embolism, 1. Non-puerperal Causes : Tuberculosis, 6 ; pneumonia, 3 ; broncho-pneumonia, 2 ; heart-disease, 2 ; hsemiplegia, 1 ; erysipelas of face, 1. For details of patients attended in general hospitals, see Table 11.

Table I.—Statistics of Maternity Hospitals, 1937.

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NU Be" Confinements. Jff Number of Operations. Hemorrhages. jo «g Number of p A a^ te || ™i S ~ — ~ 5 ? iniams transferred J5 % S ; O >Sz Vprciinnq o > Csesarean § © .2 © ©* ' 3 « o -Dead. to other g a a fSa <SgS « . ' r q3 Sections. 3 g> ■§ g> ,<e g> q «■§ — Hospitals, . -g ,i »• ■s g "-g *£g g& "3 X- o. |g I af s-g|I II -• "Sg -3J s Js fc ."i— _1 © . -2ce 0 ce £ _ ftQ$S> 46 *3 c ~ 03 >; £ a c2 °2»ft i3° * S ~ I *1 Sps Qsl r?si °g g 3 © & .2 £ a 3 ®s=!— . s3 S § •§ t? > «3 5* JH O §3 >32 & S S 4 SS sSfl «o g =i ~ & .q ci< © r Ti "r; . © 7\ 5p< ri «3 3 hh c3 . -ri © _» © .2 1 © H X)*f rQ. e 5rj»^.P»c.£2t_ ( ,Qti© S^-*- o. ft ca I I £ I SI 1 5 !** I pa |« I | ! =8 g? I || is iw I 11 155 2JS5 S53 |£ |S IS! I g" . * PH W a H 5 £ H M O Q £ pi< $ g < p & 3 z z P< 3 Q £ £ Maternity Hospitals — i.e., admitting maternity cases and urgent miscarriage cases only — Group 1: 1-100 cases per annum — Totals •• ..130 13 513 78 6,734 6,236 351 6,587 37 601 17 22 12 26 41 .. 1 207 24 24 83 15 6 118 113 71 34 36 7 9 4 Percentages to total con- 9-12 0-26 0-33 0-18 0-39 0-62 .. 0-02 3-14 0-36 0-36 1-26 0-230-091 1-79 1-75 1-08 0-52 0-550-1060-1370-061 nnements Group II: Over 100 cases per annum — totals .. 43 29 413 30512,60211,414 58111,995 55 1,215 41 28 25 48 88 14 3 361 49 43 147 46 8 176 202 157 41 196 19 19 8 Percentages to total eon- 10-13 0-34 0-23 0-21 0-40 0-73 0-12 0-03 3-01 0-41 0-36 1-23 0-380-067 1-47 1-68 1-31 0-34 1-630-1580-1580-066 nnements Group III: St. Helens Hospitals — Totals 5 .. 100 2,124 1,901 82 1,983 5 92 14 6 3 7 12 11 1 23 10 16 24 9 1 41 25 26 2 21 2 1 2 Percentages to total con 4-64 0-71 0-30 0-15 0-35 0-61 0-55 0-05 0-66 0-50 0-81 1-21 0-450-050 2-07 1-26 1-31 0-10 1-06 0-1010-0500- 101 nnements ! Totals, Groups I, II, and III — Totals .. .. 173 47 926 482 21,46019,551 1,01420,565 97 1,908 72 56 40 81 141 25 5 591 83 83 254 70 15 335 340 254 77 253 28 29 14 Percentages to total con- 9-28 0-35 0-27 0-19 0-39 0-69 0-12 0-24 2-87 0-40 0-40 1-23 0-340-073 1-63 1-65 1-24 0-37 1-23 0-136 0-1410-068 finements Mixed Hospitals —i.e., admitting maternity and medical and surgical cases — Group IV: Mixed Hospitals — totals .. .. 24 43 94 125 2,439 2,219 106 1,325 46 254 . . 10 2 5 11 7 2 53 13 10 36 8 3 27 38 24 16 29 2 4 1 Percentages to total con- 10-92 .. 0-43 0-09 0-22 0-47 0-30 0-09 2-28 0-56 0-43 1-55 0-340-129 1-16 1-63 1-03 0-69 X-250-086 0-1720-043 nnements All Hospitals —Groups I, II, III and IV — Totals .. .. 197 90 1,020 607 23,899 21,770 1,12022,890 143 2,162 72 66 42 86 152 32 7 644 96 93 290 78 21 362 378 278 93 282 27 33 15 finements t0 * I "I "I " " ' 9 45 ° 31 ° 28 ° 18 ° 38 ° 66 °' 14 j 0 ' 03 2-81 °' 42 °' 41 1 ' 27 0-340-092 1-58 1-65 1-21 0-41 1 -23 0-118 0-1440-066