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were certified to be due to prematurity and all these occurred
within the first week of life. In three cases, death was due to
injury at birth, in one to marasmus, in one to acute bronchitis,
in one to atelectasis and in one to status lymphaticus. The
oldest of these was three months and four were males and
seven females. A comparision of the infantile mortality
rates of legitimate and illegitimate infants shows that the
rate for legitimate was 47 and for illegitimate, 180.
Institutional Deaths. In tabular form is shown below
the number of deaths of Woolwich infants which took place
in various institutions during the year. These figures are
included in those shown in Table No. 9.