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(b) Infant Mortality.
There were 34 deaths of children under one year of
age, the figure for the year,1940 being 35.
The following table gives the actual causes of
death of the 34 children who died under one year of age:-
0-1
mth
1-3
mths
3-6
mths
6-9
mths
9-12
mths
Total
under
1 year
Acute Streptococcal
Pneumonia
1
1
Acute suppurative broncho
pneumonia
1
1
Asphyxia (natural)
1
1
Asphyxia (natural) due to
haemorrhage into the
lungs due to iclus
neonatorum gravis
1
1
Asphyxia (natural) due to
inhalation of birth
fluids
2
2
Broncho-Pneumonia
3
3
1
7
Broncho-Pneumonia-Acute
Intussusception
1
1
turity.
1
1
Broncho-Pneumonia &
Whooping Cough
1
1
2
Cardiac Failure & BronchoPneumonia
1
1
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis
1
1
Convulsions, Infantile
Diarrhoea
1
1
Intra-cranial haemorrhage,
birth injury
1
1
Myocardial Degeneration,
Broncho Pneumonia
1
1
Prematurity
9
9
Prematurity, Atelectasis
1
1
Prematurity, Convulsions
1
1
Spina Bifida, Meningomyelococle
1
1
Totals
20
5
5
4
-
34
(c) Maternal Mortality.
There were two deaths of Barking women due to or
in consequence of pregnancy or childbirth, and in the
year 1940 there were 4 such deaths.
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