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DETAILS OF INFANT MORTALITY
The following table gives the cause of death during the
first month of life (Neo-natal mortality):-
(1) Complications of Labour -
Trauma at Birth 4
Intra-uterine asphyxia (Toxaemia) 1
5
(2) Foetal States -
Congenital Malformities 11
Atelectasis 9
Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn 9
29
(3) Prematurity 11
11
(4) Post-Natal Causes 5
5
Total 50
Percentage Deaths
under 1 year per Total Infantile Deaths Deaths under 1 year per 1.000 Births
1958 1957 1958 1957
Injury at Birth and
Congenital 33.3 28.6 5.97 5. 13
Premature Births 15.9 31.7 2.86 5.70
Respiratory Diseases 15.9 17.5 2.86 3.13
Atelectasis, Debility
and Marasmus 13.0 4.8 2.34 0.85
Diseases of Digestion 1.4 3.2 0. 26 0.57
Other causes 20.3 14. 2 3.63 2.85
• These from Gastro enteritis
Perinatal Deaths
Stillbirths 76
Deaths in first week 45
Causes of Death in first week
Prematurity 11
Congenital conditions 9
Atelectasis 9
Cerebral haemorrhage 4
Intra pulmonary haemorrhage 1
Perinatal rate - 30 per 1,000
total (live and still) births
Intra uterine asphyxia 1
Haemorrhagic disease of
newborn 9
Other 1
Prematurity was a contributory
cause in 5 cases