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Maternal deaths are investigated by the Medical Officer of
Health in collaboration with the medical practitioner and
midwife concerned.
A (3). Infantile Mortality.
44 infants died before reaching one year of age, giving an
infantile mortality of 49.16. The comparable figure for the
whole country is 46.
This is a higher number of deaths in infants under one
year of age than has obtained for a number of years, and
compares unfavourably with that of 35.4 in the borough in
1942.
Graph No. 1 shows the incidence throughout the year, and
illustrates that the deaths are not related to any particular
period or season during the year.
Graph No. 2 confirms this with regard to the neo-natal
deaths, and of those infants dying within the first week of life.
An analysis of the causes of deaths of this age group
reveals the following figures:—