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INFANTS.
The number born in the Hospital this year was 905, this
includes 14 cases of twins, a percentage of 1.54 relative to the
number of confinements.
There were 4.7 per cent. of infants classified as premature
on clinical grounds. (The Paediatricians' standard of prematurity
for statistical purposes is an infant weighing 5½ lbs. or less
irrespective of other factors).
Breast feeding.
82.5 per cent. of mothers were discharged from the Hospital
completely breast feeding their infants; a further 12.2 per cent.
were partly breast feeding, while in 5 per cent. of cases bottle
feeding had, for one reason or another, to be substituted.
1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934,
(a)Infants completely
breast fed. 82.5 83.9 87.6 77.4 75.9 86.0 85.0 85.7 93.0 98.7
(b)Infants partly
breast fed. 12.2 12.0 9.9 18.7 18.7 -
(c)Infants not
breast fed. 5.3 4.1 2.5 3.9 5.4 - - -
100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
FOETAL AND INFANT MORTALITY.
(a) Stillbirths. No. of cases.
1. Premature (5½ lbs. or less) 13
ii. Full Term 20
Total 33x
x3.6 per cent. of all births.
(b) Infant Deaths.
i. Premature 9
ii. Full Term _9
Total 18x
2.06 per cent. of live births.
In addition two infants admitted as emergencies died.
Maternal Mortality.
There were two maternal deaths; a maternal mortality rate
of 2.07 per 1,000. (Maternal mortality rate for England
and Wales for 1943 was 2.29).
One patient died of acute pulmonary oedema due to failure
of the left ventricle of the heart.
The other died during pregnancy of acute cardiac failure
due to chronic valvular disease of the heart, (mitral stenosis).
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