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The causes of death were as follows
Congenital Malformations 11
Premature Birth 6
Birth Injury 4
Pneumonia 1
When it is remembered that nearly all the complicated
cases and most of the mothers with their first babies go
to hospital, there can bo no suggestion that it is les3
safe as far as the baby is concerned for confinement to
take place in hospital than at home.
Of the 17 deaths between 1 month and 12 months, 11
took place in hospital and 6 at home, The causes of
death were as follows
Pneumonia 5 Meningitis 2
Tumours 2 Enteritis 2
Whooping Cough, Marasmus, Bronchitis, Abscess of
Lung, Cellulitis of Back and Appendicitis, 1 each.
After giving very careful consideration to all the
facts, I am unable to give any cogent reason for the
increased infantile mortality rate in 1942.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
It is gratifying to be able to state that only one
mother died, giving a maternal mortality rate of 1.08 per
1,000 births. The rate for England and Wales was 2.01.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following table shows the numbers of notifications
of the principal infectious diseases received during 1941
and 1942:-