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The death rate fell from 11-5 to 112. It is pleasant to record that
there was no death due to child birth. 35 children died before they
reached the age of 1 year, giving an Infant Mortality Rate of 24 deaths
per 1,000 registered live births. This shows a diminution of 3 per 1,000
on last year and a continuation of the decline in infant mortality that
started at the turn of the century.
Of the 35 children who died in the first year of life, 28 succumbed
before they reached the age of one month. This figure must be considered
together with the number of stillbirths which amounted to 29,
for it is to the care of the expectant mother that attention must be directed
if these two figures are to be reduced. Stillbirth and death within the
first few days of life are largely due to prematurity, toxaemias of pregnancy
which may cause prematurity, and to foetal abnormalities.
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