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(5) M. Born 5th July, 1907. Admitted 17th August,
1907. Very ill (marasmus) on admission. Weight
at birth, 5lb. First weight, 6lb. 2oZ. Last
weight, 7lb). 6oz. This infant's progress was much
interfered with, owing to an attack of bronchitis,
but notwithstanding its weakly condition, gained
.1lb. 40Z. in five months.
(6) B. Born 23rd December, 1906. Admitted 20th July,
1907. Premature child, very small at birth. Suffered
from acute constipation and indigestion.
First weight (31st July), 11 lb. 10oz. Last weight
(31st December), 13lb. 14oZ.
(7) A. Born 9th July, 1907. Admitted 25th July, 1907.
Very ill on admission. First weight, 7lb. 140Z.
Last weight (19th September), 9lb. 10oz. Was
sick more or less all the time, but yet gained
1lb. 12oZ. in two months.
(8) A. Born 15th March. Admitted 30th May. Very
delicate on admission (congenital debility). First
weight (5th June), 81b. 12oZ. Last weight (31st
October), 12lb. 6oz. Gain, 3lb. 10oz. in four
months.
The number of deaths recorded among the children fed on
the Depot milk during 1907 was 49. Sixteen of these deaths
occurred amongst children who had been taking the milk for
periods less than one week. This is equivalent therefore to
a death-rate of 79.2 per 1,000; but if these 16 deaths were not
included—which, strictly speaking should not be counted in
the death-rate amongst the Dep6t-fed infants—the rate would
be 53.3 Per 1,000 This method of calculating the death-rate
is not perhaps the most correct, but it is that which is most
usually employed. It should not be forgotten, either, that
the infants fed on the Depot milk are not a normal infant
population, over 60 per cent. of them being in a more or less
serious condition of ill health when they commenced taking
the milk. Only 178 of the children were classed as healthy
when admitted to the Dep6t.