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17.
(b) (ii) Infant Mortality (Contd.)
Year Age Total Cause of Death.
1941 24 hrs - 1 mth. 7 (contd.) 2 Gastro Enteritis.
1 Streptococcal Meningitis
1 Birth Injury (Tentorial
tear).
1 Cerebral birth injuries
(forceps delivery;.
1 Premature birth.
1 month - 1 year 14 1 War Injury
1 Meningococcal Meningitis
4 Gastro Enteritis
1 Asphyxia caused when
her face became buried
in a soft pillow.
7 Broncho pneumonia.
1942 1 - 24 hrs 11 1 Shock due to
tion .
1 Haemorrhage.
5 Prematurity.
1 Heart Failure.
3 Birth Injury.
24 hrs. - 1 month 8 1 Asphyxia
2 Marasmus
1 Subdural Haemorrhage
1 Gastro Enteritis
3 Prematurity
1 mth. - 1 year 16 1 Drowning
6 Gastro Enteritis
2 Broncho Pneumonia.
1 Prematurity
1 Asphyxia
1 Toxaemia
1 Heart Failure
3 Marasmus.
1943 0 - 24 hrs. 4 2 Prematurity.
1 Dead body found in
River Thames.
1 Cerebral Haemorrhage,
24 hrs. - 1 month 9 5 Prematurity.
2 Intracranial Haemorrhage
1 Marasmus.
1 Spina Bifida.
1 month - 1 year 18 1 Prematurity
6 Gastro Enteritis
4 Pneumonia
2 Infantile Convulsions.
1 Influenza.
1 Shock following operation
for Intussusception
1 Toxaemia.
1 Asphyxia caused by
pressure of face in
bed covering.