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Prematurity (numbers 12, 13 and 14 in the table) which caused 69 or 35 per
cent. of the total in 1913, in 1914 took 69 or 32 per cent.: diarrhoea and
enteritis (7 and 8) accounted for 21 or 10 per cent, in 1913 and for 30 or 14 per cent,
in 1914. Respiratory diseases, the third of the main causes, took 27 or 13.8
per cent. in 1913 and in 1914, 29 or 13.8 per cent.
Amongst the other causes of death, those which call for mention are the
commoner infectious diseases, which together led to 13 deaths amongst infants (6 per
cent. of the total). Of the 13, 7 were due to whooping cough and 5 to diphtheria.
Injury at birth accounted for 7 deaths. In 1913, 8 deaths were ascribed to this ; in
1912, 4; in 1911, 5, and in 1910, 7.
Some form of tuberculosis was given as the cause in 3 instances, and in 6
convulsions.
Overlaying was stated to be responsible in 2 cases as against 3 in 1913. Both
of the victims were aged under one week at the time of death.
Causes of Infantile Mortality—Ages at Death.
The following tables show for each registration sub-district, the ages at which
death occurred amongst the infants who died, and the causes to which death was
attributable.