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Child.
Prematurity and dangerous feebleness 6
Unsatisfactory condition of infant 8
Discharging eyes 8
Other causes 13
35
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
Seven cases of Puerperal Fever and seven cases of Puerperal
Pyrexia were notified during the year under the Regulations of
1926 and 1928.
Maternal Mortality
There were four deaths associated directly with pregnancy.
The Maternal mortality rate was, therefore, 2.00 per 1,000 live
and still births compared with 4.9 in 1935.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
During ,1936, six cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were
notified.
Arrangements for the supply of Free Milk
In accordance with the terms under the Milk (Mothers and
Children) Order, assistance is granted to expectant mothers during
the last three months of pregnancy, nursing mothers, and
children under three years of age. The "free" assistance given
is one pint of milk per day, or its equivalent in dried milk.
The total amount spent on milk during 1936 was £1,719.
In every case careful investigation of the family circumstances
is made to ensure that only necessitous cases shall receive this
benefit.
Voluntary Associations
Appreciation and thanks are again gratefully accorded to the
Invalid Children's Aid Association for their co-operation with the