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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
5
Anoxia
1
6
(2) Foetal States -
Congenital Malformities
13
Atelestasis
1
Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn
1
15
(3) Prematurity
36
36
(4) Post-Natal causes
2
2
Total
59

Percentage Deaths
under 1 year per
Total Infantile
Deaths
Deaths under 1 year
per 1. 000 Births
19 63
19 62
19 63
1962
Injury at Birth and Congenital
26.3
24.0
4.51
4.05
Premature Births
39.5
48.0
7.06
8.10
Respiratory Diseases
19.8
12.0
3.53
2.03
Atelectasis, Debility and Marasmus
1.1
5.3
0.20
0.90
Diseases of Digestion*
2.2
1.3
0.39
0.23
Other Causes
12.1
9.4
2.16
1.58
*These from Gastro Enteritis
Perinatal Deaths
Stillbirths 69 Perinatal rate 22. 5 per 1,000
Deaths in first week 47 Total (live and still) births
Causes of Death
in first week
Prematurity 32 Prolapsed cord - 1
Congenital conditions 8 Polycystic Kidneys - 1
Atelectasis 1 White asphyxia - 1
Birth trauma 2 Prematurity was a contributory
Haemorrhagic disease of cause in 1 case
the newborn l