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92
The amount received for attendance fees was £69 8s. 0d.,
as against £69 13s. 0d. in 1945.
PREMATURE BABIES.
Arrangements have been made for premature infants born
in hospitals or at home to be notified to the Medical Officer of
Health each week to enable the Health Visitors to follow them
up when they return home.
(1) Number of premature babies notified during 1946 who
were born—
(i) at home 59
(ii) in hospital 186
(2) The number of those born at home—
who were nursed entirely at home 53
who died during the first 24 hours 2
who survived at the end of one month 57
(3) The number of those born in hospital—
who died during the first 24 hours 38
who survived at the end of one month 148