Article ID: CBB854615589

Maternal Mortality, Dublin, 1864–1902 (2018)

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Using civil registration as a prism this article examines the complicated interface between the authorities, medical professionals, women in childbirth and the aftermath of delivery. It argues that Irish maternal mortality was underestimated and provides a number of arguments in relation to the complex socio-medical environment to explain why. Our research shows how a combination of cavalier attitudes towards cause of death classification and liberal interpretations of William Farr’s Statistical Nosology, served to obscure the true extent of maternal mortality in Dublin City from 1864 to 1902. By offering a microhistory of maternal mortality reporting and registration this article problematises the merits of using civil registration data as a resource for the social history of medicine.

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Authors & Contributors
Nuttall, Alison
Alexander, Sally
Banks, Amanda Carson
Beemer, Jeffrey K.
Bryder, Linda
Campos, Maria Soledad Zarate
Journals
Social History of Medicine
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Economic History Review
Gesnerus
Publishers
Cork University Press
Harvard University Press
Pickering & Chatto
Publications de l'Université de Provence
The Wellcome Trust Center for the History of Medicine at University College London
University of Pittsburgh Press
Concepts
Childbirth
Maternal health services
Medicine
Health care
Mothers and children
Obstetrics and pregnancy
People
Winnicott, Donald Woods
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
21st century
Places
Dublin (Ireland)
United States
Edinburgh (Scotland)
Great Britain
Chile
Geneva (Switzerland)
Institutions
Royal Dublin Society
Dublin Natural History Museum
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