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(2) Next to these come Pneumonia and Diarrhoea with 22.4%
of the total deaths and a contribution of 10.0 per 1,000 to the
infantile mortality rate.
(3) Congenital Deformity, inconsistent with viability beyond
the first year, was responsible for 23 deaths, 15.6% of the total
deaths, and contributed 7 per 1,000 towards the infantile mortality
rate.
There were no deaths from the acute Zymotic diseases in
infants under 1 year of age.
In the tabulated deaths of children under 1 year of age, the
child who died was a first child in 37.6%; a second child in 15.0%;
a third child in 11.8%; a fourth child in 14.0%; a fifth child in
9.7%; a sixth child in 5.4%; a seventh child 3.2%; an eighth in
2.2% ; and a ninth in 1.1%.