MATERNAL MORTALITY IN DOWNSTATE ILLINOIS FROM 1948 TO 1950

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Abstract
Prior to January, 1948, data concerning maternal deaths in downstate Illinois (the state exclusive of the Chicago area) consisted only of the limited information given on death certificates. This information was found deficient in omitting significant conditions, in failing to differentiate obstetric and nonobstetric causes, and in obscuring the proper obstetric entity. A plan was formulated in August, 1947, to overcome these deficiencies, to gather more complete factual data, to assess factors of preventability and responsibility, and through such measures to effect a general betterment of maternal care. This plan, under the joint auspices of the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health of the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Maternal Welfare Committee of the Illinois State Medical Society, called for the study of deaths associated with gestation in downstate hospitals by three main steps: one, the visit of the bureau's consultant in maternity to the hospital or the
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