H.—3l.

Table VI—continued.

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§ Number of Deaths. Group. Reason given for Operation and "g Cause of Deaths of Mothers, and Notes Parity. g . on Special Oases. -Q fS fH a "S * 3 I III ! Placenta praevia— 1 para . . . . . . 5 4 2 para . . . . . . 3 2 3 para .. . . . . 2 . . 5 para .. . . . . 1 .. 6 para .. . . . . 1 1 13 para .. .. . . 1 1 Not stated . . . . 1 1 Total • • • • 14 9 I V ] Accidental hemorrhage — 1 para . . . . . . 3 3 1 Haemorrhage ; age thirty-two, three miscarriages in four years, all due to toxaemia. 2 para . . . . . . ; 1 4 para . . . . .. j 1 1 6 para . . . . . . | 1 1 Not stated . . .. j 2 2 1 Haemorrhage. Total . . 8 7 2 V Eclampsia— 1 para .. .. .. 5 Not stated .. . . 2:2 1 Pulmonary embolism and ante-par-tum haemorrhage. Total .. . . 7 i 2 1 VI Toxaemia of pregnancy — 1 para . . . . 12 2 1 Sub-acute nephritis. 2 para. .. . . 1 1 4 para .. . . . . 1 1 1 Pulmonary embolism; six - month pregnancy. Not stated .. .. 2 Total .. 16 4 2 VII Other conditions — Heart-disease — 1 para . . . . . . 1 2 para .. .. .. 1 | .. Right lobar pneumonia— 1 para . . .. . . 1 .... Detachment of retina, danger of blindness— 2 para . . . . . . 1 Hydronephrosis1 para . . . . 1 1 Bartholin's cyst — 1 para .. .. .. 1 j 1 Secondary carcinoma of pelvis— 1 para .. .. 1 j • 1 Vasco-vaginal listula — 3 para . . .. . . 1 Weak uterine : Scars due to previous operations— 1 para .. .. .. 1 .. .. Uterus weakened by previous removal of fibroids. 2 para .. .. .. 2 .. 6 para .. . . .. 1 1 .. Uterus ruptured through old cesarean scar. Total .. 12 4 Total cases .. 157 34 12 Case-mortality rate, 7-64 per cent. Infant-mortality rate, 21*65 per cent.