Abstract
Statistical observation upon perinatal death was done during five years from August, 1958 through July 1963.
Perinatal mortality cases were 106 and the mortality rate was 17.95‰, while the total number of delivery was 5, 904. There is no tendency of decrease year after year during that period of time.
About the time of death, post-partum death was in the majority, then ante-partum death was next and intra-partum death was the least. As to the cause of death is concerned, the premature baby birth was the most then that decreased as following order: the congenital malformation, the prolonged delivery and finally the toxemia. In addition to the above mentioned causes, the unknown cause of death was 18.87%.
Perinatal deaths were mostly accompanied with the maternal complications, and also were found much in abnormal delivery, mainly in the breech presentations.
The cases who had cloudiness of the amniotic fluid showed higher mortality rate than those of clear fluid among the perinatal deaths.
