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For the past 5 years the number of infant deaths has been
1951 - 68; 1952 - 69; 1953 - 72 and in 1954 and 1955 - 69.
Among the 69 deaths, 48 occurred in boy babies and 21 in
girls. Of the births, 1,626 were males and 1,713 females. The
infantile mortality rate for the two sexes was, therefore, Boys30,
Girls-12.
55 deaths of infants occurred in Institutions, including
Registered Nursing Homes.
The following table gives the cause of death during the first
month of life (Neo-natal mortality):-
(1) Complications of Labour -
Trauma at Birth 3
- 3
(2) Foetal States -
Congenital Deformities 8
Atelectasis 4
Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn 3
- 15
(3) Prematurity 22
- 22
(4) Post-Natal Causes 5
- 5
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Percentage Deaths
under / year per
Total Infantile
Dea ths
Deaths under / year
per 1,000 Bir ths
1955 1954 1955 1954
Premature Births 33-3 30.4 6.89 5.88
Respiratory Diseases 21.3 11.6 4.49 2.24
Infectious Diseases 2.9Ø - 0.60 -
Atelectasis, Debility
and Marasmus 5.8 18.8 1.20 3.64
Diseases of Digestion 2.9 * 1.4 0.60 0.28
Injury at Birth and
Congenital 21.7 21.7 4.49 4.20
4 These deaths were due to Miliary Tuberculosis and Whooping Cough
* These from Gastro-enteritis