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CARE OF PREMATURE INFANTS.
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 1950 who
were born—
(i) at home 64
(ii) in hospital or nursing home 145
(2) The number of those born at home—
who were nursed entirely at home 62
who died during the first 24 hours 2
who survived at the end of one month 59
(3) The number of those born in private nursing
homes—
who died during the first 24 hours
who survived at the end of one month 10