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In the first quarter of the year the infantile deaths
were at the rate of 122 per thousand births; in the
summer quarter they were only 115; in the autumn
they rose to 161 and fell in the last quarter to 129.
Of the total 572 deaths of infants, 124, a proportion of
21.7 per cent, occurred in the first week of existence, and
186 or 32.5 per cent, in the first four weeks after birth.
In the second month 9.3, and in the third 7.7 per
cent, of the total infantile deaths were recorded.
In the appendix is a set of tables prepared in
accordance with the instructions of the Local Government
Board dealing exclusively with infantile deaths.
Referring to these tables and classifying the principal
causes of infantile mortality we find them as under: —
Premature birth and
congenitals defects
131 equals 30.0 per 1,000 births
Diarrhoeal Disease
118
27.2
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Respiratory Diseases
85
19.5
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Wasting Diseases
63
14.5
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Common Infectious Diseases
Tubercular Diseases
53
12.2
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40
9.2
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Suffocation
2 4
5.5
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Convulsive Diseases
10
2.3
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SPECIAL CAUSES OF INFANTILE DEATHS.
As usual, premature birth and congenital defects
are responsible for the heaviest mortality, and 23 per
cent, of the total infantile deaths are attributable to
these ante-natal causes. Diarrhoeal diseases come
next with a total of 118, a proportion of 20.6 on the
whole number; sixty-eight of these deaths were due