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INFANT MORTALITY
During the year, twenty-one infants died under the age of one year, as
compared with twenty-five and twenty-one in 1955 and 1954- respectively.
Sixty per cento of the deaths now under review occurred before the age of
four weeks was attained. Deaths were attributable to:-
Males Females
Asphyxia 1 -
Atelectasis 3 1
Erythroblastosis - 1
Inattention at birth 1 -
Intra-ranial haemorrhage - 3
Malformations, Congenital 4 1
Pneumonia - 2
Prematurity 1 3
It will be observed that the number of infant deaths has decreased
by four as compared with 1955o During the ten years 1925 to 1934, 465
infants under one year of age died, giving an annual average of 46.5, whilst
in the period 1947 to 1956, 239 deaths occurred - an annual average of 23.9.
Deaths from "Prematurity" accounted for nineteen per cento of total
registered (21). The actual periods at which all deaths occurred were as
follows:-
under 4
weeks
4 weeks to
3 months
3 to 6
months
6 to 12
months
Total under
1 year
Males 7 1 1 1 10
Females 8 2 - 1 11
Totals: 15 3 1 2 21