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For the past 5 years the number of infant deaths has been
1944—156, 1945—145, 194G—151, 1947—194, and 1948—120.
Among the 120 deaths, 63 occurred in boy babies and 57 in
girls. Of the births, 2,286 were males and 2,221 females. The
infantile mortality rate for the two sexes was, therefore, Bovs—
28, Girls—26.
93 deaths of infants occurred in Institutions, including
Registered Nursing Homes.
The following table gives the cause of death during the first
month of life: —
(1) Complications of Labour—
Trauma and Inattention at Birth
6
(2) Foetal States—
—6
Congenital Heart Malformation
4
Other Congenital Deformities
6
Atelectasis, etc.
9
Hæmorrhagic Disease of Newborn
4
—23
(3) Prematurity
35
—35
(4) Post-Natal Causes
4
—4
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Percentage Deaths per Deaths per 1,000
Total Infantile Deaths. Births.
1948 1947 1948 1947
Premature Births 28.3 28.4 7.8 10.8
Respiratory Diseases 29.2 20.6 5.8 7.7
*Infectious Diseases (including
Tuberculosis) 4.2 2.6 1.1 1.0
Atelectasis, Debility and
Marasmus 9.2 5.2 2.4 2.0
†Diseases of Digestion 8.3 17.5 2.2 6.7
Injury at Birth and Congenital 16.7 17.0 4.4 6.5
*These deaths were due to Whooping Cough 5.
†These deaths were due to Diarrhoea 7, Intussusception I, Oesophageal fistula 1 and
Fibrocystic Disease of Pancreas 1.
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