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CARE OF PREMATURE INFANTS
(1) Number of live premature babies notified during 1962
who were born* -
(i) at home or in a nursing home 34
(ii) in hospital* 264
(2) The number of those born at home or in a nursing home -
who were nursed entirely there 28
who were transferred to hospital on or
before the 28th day 6
who died during the first 24 hours -
who died in 1 and under 7 days 2
who died in 7 and under 28 days -
who survived at the end of one month 32
(3) Number of those born in hospital -
who died during the first 24 hours 14
who died in 1 and under 7 days 16
who died in 7 and under 28 days 4
who survived at the end of one month 230
(4) Number of premature still births who were born
(i) at home or in a nursing home 2
(ii) in hospital 40
*The group under this heading will include cases which
may be born in one hospital and transferred to another.