Over a 28 month period in the Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, there were 100 'confirmed' septic induced abortions and 75 'suspect' cases. Socio-demographic characteristics are studied. Seventy-five percent of induced abortions used some kind of foreign body per vaginam. Forty-one percent are in the age group of 20-25 years and the housewife together with the unemployed form 57 percent of the whole group. There were 2 maternal mortalities.