On the mortality of childbed and maternity hospitals / by J. Matthews Duncan.

Date:
1870
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Credit: On the mortality of childbed and maternity hospitals / by J. Matthews Duncan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    TABLE VIIL Showikg the Mortality of Peimipar.e, of Different Ages, from Puerperal Fever, in the ]\Tid\vives' Institute of St. Petersburg. (Hugenberger.) Ages .... 15-18 19-22 23-26 27-35 36-45 Childbearing women Deaths from puerperal fever 147 7 859 25 711 22 495 39 41 4 Percentage Or 1 in every . 4-76 21 2-91 34 3-09 32 7-88 13 9-75 10 TABLE IX. Showlng the Mortality of Multipart, of Different Ages, from Puerperal Fever, in the Midwives' Institute of St. Petersburg. (Hugenberger.) Ages .... 18-22 23-26 27-35 36-53 Childbearing Avomen . Deaths from puerperal fever 503 11 1410 29 2967 74 903 27 Percentage Or 1 in every . 2-18 46 2-05 48 2-49 40 2-99 33 These tables are interesting, and seem to show that Hugenberger felt the necessity, in the study of the bearing of age on puerperal fever mortality, of