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MATERNAL MORTALITY IN NEW YORK CITY: A Study of All Puerperal Deaths 1930-1932

Seventy-five years ago The New York Academy of Medicine published its groundbreaking study "Maternal Mortality in New York City," which analyzed in detail all reported childbed deaths in the city from 1930-1932. The report revealed that simple preventive measures could dramatically reduce the rate of maternal death and morbidity. This study was a rallying point in a decades-long movement by doctors and health activists to understand, publicize and ameliorate the social, medical and economic factors that put America's maternal mortality rates higher than those of most industrialized western nations.

Read the Report:

Front Matter
Chapter I: Statement of the Problem
Chapter II: Methods of the Study
Chapter III: Preventability of Death
Chapter IV: Puerperal and Extra-Puerperal Causes of Death
Chapter V: Various Factors Affecting Puerperal Mortality
Chapter VI: Hospital Practice
Chapter VII: Attendant at Delivery
Chapter VIII: Midwife Practice
Chapter IX: Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix
[Bibliography and] Index