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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
One was subject to convulsions from birth, while three had
teething troubles and suffered from Bronchitis.
In one case the baby had been attended by a doctor for some
months previous to death for enlargement of the liver.
Nine children had also been suffering from Marasmus, and of
these six went into Institutions to be treated, and died there. One
of these, a baby of seven months, was the eleventh child, and had
been wasting and under a doctor's care for four months.
One infant that died at four months had been wasting for
nine weeks, it was then taken to St. Vincent's Hospital for three
weeks, after which it was then taken home by the mother for two
weeks, finally being again taken to the hospital where it stayed
until its death.
The next Table shows the result of the inquiries made after
these deaths, arranged in Wards, and there is also shown the
number of infants who had been previously visited, the number
of illegitimate infants, and the social status of the parents.
It will also be seen in the Table that only 11 of the infants who
died from Diarrhoea had been fed in accordance with the pamphlet
left by the Inspectors, and also that of the total number of deaths
in which information was obtained, viz.:—114,11 were prematurely
born, 35 were delicate from birth, and 10 were twin children.