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Section 22—Statistics for period 5/7/48 to 31/12/48.
1. Number of births notified during the period under Section 203
of the Public Health Act. 1936. as adjusted by any transferred
notifications :—
(a) live births 972
(b) still births 23
(c) total 995
2. Care of Premature Infants:—
(a) Number of premature babies born during the
above period whose mothers are normally
resident in the Authority's area 40
(b) Total number of such babies who were
born:—
(i) at home 10
(ii) in hospital or nursing home 30
(c) Number of those born at home who were
nursed entirely at home 10
(d) Number of those born at home and nursed
entirely at home:—
(i) who died during the first 24 hours 2
(ii) who survived at the end of one month 8
(e) Number of those born in hospital or nursing
home:—
(i) who died during the first 24 hours 3
(ii) who survived at the end of one month 23
3. Infectious Diseases:—
Number of cases of infectious diseases notified
during the period:—
(i) Ophthalmia Neonatorum Nil
(ii) Pemphigus Neonatorum Nil
(iii) Puerperal Pyrexia 1
NOTE.—One case of Ophthalmia Neonatorum still
under treatment at the end of 1947, recovered with
vision unimpaired.