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Premature Births.
The number of premature babies born in the district was 182,
of which 156 were born in hospital ot nursing homes. Details as to
nursing and survival are as follows
The number of babies born at home—
(i) who were nursed entirely at home 20
(ii) who died during the first 24 hours 2
(iii) who survived at the end of one month 22
The number of those born in hospital or nursing home—
(i) who died in the first 24 hours 12
(ii) who survived at the end of one month 135
The survival rate at one month was 86%, the same as in the year
before. The figures shown are for babies born in the district, a large
number of whom were non-residents born in St. Helier Hospital.
Special arrangements for the nursing of premature infants are
established at the St. Helier Hospital, where incubators are installed
in air-conditioned nurseries. Removal to hospital is effected by
ambulance fitted with an electrically heated carrier.
Routine Medical Inspection of Toddlers.
Special clinics are held at the Rochester Road, Wrythe Lane and
Stanley Road centres at which children in their .3rd, 4th and 5th t ears
may receive an annual medical overhaul and attendance is by appointment.
Partially suspended during the war years, this scheme is now
being expanded again and for the first time since its inception, more
than 1,000 children were examined in 15)40 under these arrangements.
Of the 1,009 children examined, 734 were found to have 854 defects
for 435 of which treatment was advised and observation for the remaining
419. A further indication of the value of these clinics is the
fact that 249 children were not attending the regular welfare sessions
during the year and 76 had never before attended any clinic. The
nature of the defects found is shown in Table 12.
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