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PREMATURE BABIES.
There were 49 premature births notified during the year,
Three of these premature babies failed to survive one month.
Below is a summary of the notifications:—
(a) At home 4
(b) In hospital 45
The number of those born at home:—
(a) Who were nursed entirely at home 4
(b) Who died during the first 24 hours —
(c) Who survived at the end of one month 4
The number of those born in hospital:—
(a) Who died during the first 24 hours 1
(b) Who survived at the end of one month 42
ACCIDENTS AT HOME.
In the section on Causes of Death there will be found
reference to one death from an accident in the home. This
figure is a quite inadequate measure of the seriousness of this
problem. The number and frequency of disabling and disfiguring
accidents not fatal goes unrecorded in these statistics.
Every serious avoidable accident to a child which results
in .a permanent disability or disfigurement is a personal tragedy
in some home, often a lifelong handicap for the victim and perpetual
remorse for the parent. Most of these accidents arise
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