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Table 33 —Maori Puerperal Deaths and Death-rates for the Ten Years 1939 to 1948 Inclusive
Table 34 —Maternity Hospital Statistics, 1948
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Cause of DSath. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. 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 Total maternal causes (excluding septic abortion) Septic abortion Total (including septic abortion) 3 12 2 0-73 2-92 0-49 6 7 1 3 1-41 1-64 0-23 0-70 3 9 1 1 0-73 2-18 0-24 0-24 3 7 4 1 0-70 1-62 0-93 0-25 6 3 1-35 0-68 17 4-13 17 3-99 14 3-39 15 3-48 9 2-03 2 0-49 3 0-70 2 0-48 5 1-16 1 0-23 4-62 4-69 3-87 4-64 2-26 Cause of Death. 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. No. Bate. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. Puerperal sepsis following childbirth Accidents of labour (haemorrhage, thrombosis, phlegmasia, embolism following childbirth, not otherwise defined) Toxaemia, albuminuria, and eclampsia Accidents of pregnancyTotal maternal causes (excluding septic abortion) Septic abortion .. Total (including septic abortion) 3 6 2 2 0-67 1-33 0-44 0-44 4 3 2 0-86 0-65 0-43 1 15 3 3 0-17 2-60 0-52 0-52 8 1 2 1-61 0-20 0-40 2 7 0-40 1-41 13 2-88 9 1-94 22 3-81 11 2-21 9 1-82 2 0-44 1 0-17 3-32 1-94 3-98 2-21 1-82
— Private Hospitals. Public Hospitals. St. Helens Hospitals. Alexandra Home, Wellington. Totals. Number of hospitals 112 126 4 1 243 Number of beds 774 1,428 106 19 2,327 Admissions for ante-natal treatment 660 2,461 139 4 3,264 Admissions for delivery 15,982 28,247 2,264 414 46,907 Confined at full term 15,362 26,595 2,125 401 44,483 Confined between seventh month and 620 1,266 102 10 1,998 full term* Total confinements 15,982 27,861 2,227 411 46,481 Abortion 23 105 2 130 Instrumental delivery 2,201 2,857 126 "96 5,280 Induction— Medical 988 2,253 147 8 3,396 Surgical 816 1,282 59 42 2,199 Combined 293 608 97 18 1,016 Manual removal of placenta 97 ♦ 234 27 1 359 Haemorrhages— Accidental 42 170 6 3 221 Unavoidable (placenta preevia) 32 174 8 1 215 Post-partum 145 467 53 6 671 Eclampsia 28 61 6 95 Deaths of infants born alive 134 360 24 3 521 Still-births 251 506 29 4 790 Morbidity— Not notifiable (mild) 233 1,132 76 3 1,444 Notifiable (puerperal pyrexia) 79 808 88 10 985 Maternal deaths— Non-puerperal 2 2 4 Puerperal 11 21 1 33 Total 13 23 1 37