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57
Deaths under 1 year.
The Classification of causes of deaths in infants under 1 year is as follows:-
Pneumonia 10
Meningococcal Infection 1
Other diseases of respiratory system 1
Whooping Cough 1
Congenital Malformations 7
Other Defined & 111 Defined Diseases 40
Accidents 2
Other infections & Parasitic Diseases 1
63
Although the full details from which the Registrar General compiles his statistics
are not accessible to the Health Department, it would appear from such information as Is
available that the 40 infant deaths classified as "Other defined and 111 Defined Diseases"
are made up as follows:-
Prematurity 21
Prematurity & Respiratory Failure 1
Prematurity & Atelactasis 3
Atelactasis 2
Intracranial Haemorrhage 2
Meningitis 2
Cerebral Atrophy 1
Cerebral Haemorrhage Exomphalos 1
Meconium Ileus ' 1
Haemotoma of right suprarenal 1
Gastro Enteritis 1
Haemorrhagic disease of newborn 1
Amyotonia Congenita 1
Encephalitis 1
Erythroblastaemia 1
40
Of the 63 infant deaths, 3o occurred in infants who were under 4 weeks of age, and
of these infants 25 were premature.

Thirty four died in the hospital in which they were born, and 4 were transferred to
another hospital.