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Table 35 —Deaths From Diseases and Accidents of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperal State, 1947 and 1948

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(Excluding Maoris) Number of Deaths. Rate Per 1,000 Live Births. 1948. 1947. 1948. 1947. 140. Post-abortive infection — (6) Spontaneous, therapeutic, or of unspecified origin without mention of pyelitis (c) Self-induced abortion (d) Induced by persons unknown 3 2 4 2 4 4 0-07 0-05 0-09 0-04 0-09 0-09 9 10 0-20 0-22 141. Abortion without mention of septic conditions— (a) Spontaneous, therapeutic, or of unspecified origin (b) Self-induced abortion 3 1 1 0-07 0-02 0-02 3 2 0-07 0-04 142. Ectopic gestation— (b) Without mention of infection 3 5 0-07 0-12 143. Haemorrhage of pregnancy (deaths before delivery)— (c) Ante-partum haemorrhage 1 0-02 144. Toxaemias of pregnancy (deaths before delivery)— (a) Eclampsia of pregnancy (b) Albuminuria and nephritis of pregnancy (d) Other toxaemias of pregnancy 2 1 8 5 1 3 0-05 0-02 0-18 0-11 0-02 0-07 11 9 0-25 0-20 146. Haemorrhage of childbirth and the puerperium— (a) Placenta praevia during childbirth (e) Other and unspecified haemorrhages of childbirth 5 2 2 o-ii 0-04 0-04 5 4 0-11 0-08 147. Infection during childbirth and the puerperium— (a) Puerperium pyelitis and pyelonephritis (b) General or local puerperal infections (c) Puerperal thrombophlebitis (d) Puerperal embolism and sudden death 1 4 2 3 1 2 0-02 0-09 0-05 0-07 0-02 0-04 7 6 0-16 013 148. Puerperal toxaemias— (a) Puerperal eclampsia (c) Acute yellow atrophy of the liver (post-partum) _ . (d) Other puerperal toxaemias 3 1 2 0-07 0-02 0-04 3 3 0-07 0-06 149. Other accidents of childbirth — (a) Laceration, rupture, or other trauma of pelvic 4 3 0-09 0-07 organs (b) Other accidents of childbirth 6 5 0-14 011 10 8 0-23 0-18 150. Other or unspecified diseases of childbirth 4 1 0-09 0-02 Totals (including septic abortion) 56 48 1-26 1-07 Totals (excluding septic abortion) 47 38 1-06 0-85