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Table III. —Maori Puerperal Deaths and Death-rates for the Ten Years 1938 to 1947 Inclusive

Table IV. —Maternity Hospital Statistics, 1939 and 1943 to 1947

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1938. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. Cause of Death. No. Bate. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. Puerperal sepsis following childbirth Accidents of labour (haemorrhage, thrombosis, phlegmasia, embolism, and following childbirth, not otherwise defined) Toxaemia, albuminuria, and eclampsia Accidents of pregnancy 6 10 1-62 2-70 3 12 0-73 2-92 6 7 1-41 1-64 3 9 0-73 2-18 3 7 0-70 1-62 2 2 0-54 0-54 2 0-49 1 3 0-23 0-70 1 1 0-24 0-24 4 1 OO K) CO Total maternal causes (excluding septic abortion) 20 5-41 17 4-13 17 3-99 14 3-39 15 3-48 Septic abortion 2 0-49 3 0-70 2 0-48 5 116 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947. Cause of Death. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. Puerperal sepsis following childbirth Accidents of labour (haemorrhage, thrombosis, phlegmasia, embolism, and following childbirth, not otherwise defined) Toxaemia, albuminuria, and eclampsia Accidents of pregnancy 6 1*35 3 6 0-67 1-33 4 3 0-86 0-65 1 15 0-17 2-60 8 1*61 3 0-68 2 2 OO '2 0-43 3 3 <M OO 1 2 OO OO Total maternal causes (excluding septic abortion) 9 2-03 13 2-88 9 1-94 22 3-81 11 2-21 Septic abortion 1 0-23 2 0-44 1 017

— 1939. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947. Number of hospitals 272 297 287 275 263 245 Number of beds 1,680 2,108 2,078 2,066 2,249 2,200 Admissions for ante-natal treatment 1,299 2,403 2,448 2,741 2,930 3,092 Admissions for delivery 27,083 32,287 34,621 38,360 42,641 45,713 Confined at full term 25,521 30,549 32,629 36,405 40,416 43,467 Confined 7-9 months 1,285 1,696 1,881 1,955 2,005 1,870 Per 1,000 confinements 47-9 52-6 54-5 51-0 47-3 41-24 Total confined 26,806 32,231 34,533 38,360 42,421 45,337 Per bed 16-0 15-3 16-6 18-6 18-9 20-57 Abortions 165 196 243 194 165 155 Per 1,000 confinements 6-2 6-1 7-0 5-1 3-9 3-42 Instrumental deliveries 2,672 3,419 3,248 3,634 4,602 5,284 Per 1,000 confinements 99-7 97-7 94-1 94-7 108-5 116-5 Manual removal of placenta 187 185 217 243 279 334 Per 1,000 confinements 7-0 5-7 6-3 6-3 6-6 7-3 Haemorrhage—accidental 91 113 108 167 153 198 Per 1,000 confinements 3-4 3-5 31 4-4 3-6 4-3 Haemorrhage—Placenta praevia 113 166 172 194 216 191 Per 1,000 confinements 4-2 5-2 5-0 5-0 51 4-2 Haemorrhage —Post-partum 330 431 463 436 539 614 Per 1,000 confinements 12-3 13-4 13-4 11-4 12-7 13-5 Eclampsia 81 84 78 86 92 95 Per 1,000 confinements 3-0 2-6 2-3 2-2 2-2 2-1 Infant deaths 414 462 491 487 533 570 Per 1,000 confinements 15-4 14-3 14-2 12-7 ' 12-6 12-5 Still-births . 749 746 709 801 824 785 Per 1,000 confinements 28-0 23-1 20-5 20-9 19-4 17-3