Cesarean Section at the Boston City Hospital, 1936–1946

Abstract

AT THE Boston City Hospital in the ten-year period from 1936 to 1946 there were 961 cesarean sections — 3.3 per cent of 28,341 deliveries, or 1 cesarean section in every 29 cases. This incidence is about the same as that reported by Duncan and Doyle¹ for the previous ten years, in which there were 703 sections in 22,880 deliveries, an incidence of 3.07 per cent. The Boston Lying-in Hospital² reported an incidence of 3.4 per cent on its ward service, and the State of Massachusetts 3.3 per cent.³ These figures suggest a general attitude of conservatism throughout Massachusetts in . . .