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The 62 infant deaths in 1925 were certified to be due to the
following causes:—
Cause of Death.
No. of
Deaths.
Prematurity
12
Marasmus
5
Infantile Convulsions
3
Congenital heart disease
1
Respiratory failure
1
Congenital respiratory obstruction
1
Congenital pyloric stenosis
1
Hæmorrhage from severance of umbilical cord in an
improper manner
1
Hæmorrhage from untied umbilical cord accelerated by
fractured base of skull
1
Hæmorrhage of the brain
1
Syncope following birth—Cæsarian section
1
Suffocation from want, of fresh air
1
Exhaustion from difficult and prolonged labour
1
Inherent deficient vitality and Convulsions
1
Paralytic Ileus and strangulated hernia
1
Cellulitis
1
Atelectasis
1
Congenital pulmonary atelectasis
1
Foetal Toxaemia, from maternal eclampsia
1
Cerebral compression
1
Pyelitis
1
Malignant disease of kidney
1
Pneumococcal peritonitis
1
Gastro Enteritis
3
Infective Enteritis
1
Broncho Pneumonia
7
Pneumonia
1
Cardiac syncope and Broncho Pneumonia with septic
absorption
1
Bronchitis
1
Tubercular Meningitis
1
Measles
1
Whooping Cough
3
Scarlatina
1
Encephalitis Lethargica
1
Total
62