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The feeding of the above infants during the first six months of life
was as follows:—
(1) Those alive at end of completed year (December, 1914):—
Breast-fed 77.57 per cent.
Mixed feeding 19.52 ,,
Hand fed 2.63 „
(2) Those who died:—
Breast-fed 47.35 per cent.
Mixed feeding 43.04 „
Hand-fed 9.6 ,,
(3) Comparison of Rates of Mortality between infants.
Breast-fed 7.48 per cent.
Mixed feeding 22.6 „
Hand-fed 30.52 ,,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Notifications received 64
Recovered 61
Died while under treatment 1
Removed while under treatment —
Remaining under supervision 2
Sight of one eye destroyed 1
Thirty cases occurred in the practice of medical practitioners, 34
(including the one mentioned above) in the practice of midwives.
Two were admitted into hospital, 13 attended as out-patients, the
remainder were treated privately. A nurse was required in 5 cases.
I remain, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
ALICE E. HALL.