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Age of
Infant.
How Fed, Reasons for
Hand Feeding.
First
Weighing.
Last
Weighing.
10 wks.
Breast feeding and patent food,
dried milk to replace it
24th June
5th Oct.
91bs. 2oz.
121bs. 12oz.
6 wks.
No progress on breast milk, dried
milk to supplement
14th June
4th Sept.
61bs. 2oz.
81bs. 4ozs.
2 mths.
Breast fed first three weeks, in
hospital 2 weeks, since hand fed
entirely on dried milk
21st June
21st Sept.
81bs. 4oz.
1 Ilbs.
In regard to the deaths among infants fed entirely upon "Glaxo"
we had 2 in 42 cases, or 4.7 per cent. I am rather doubtful
whether I ought really to count one of the deaths as the food was
only given as a remedial measure when the case was practically
hopeless. The death rate among the whole of the infants of the
town is about 11.7 per cent. Of course the numbers are rather
small for comparison, but under the peculiar circumstanees, viz.:
that all these children were brought to the depot suffering from
some defect, either in themselves or. the mother, or were weakly,
or the natural food was not available, the result is prima facie a
good one.
This result is the more encouraging as Epidemic Diarrhoea
was very prevalent, and very fatal, during the summer quarter of
the year.
The following tables will show the number and character of
the principal infantile deaths from various causes during the year,
and two previous years.