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about 60 per cent, of the total infant deaths were due to preventable
causes. Surely these infant lives are worth as much as the
salary of a qualified woman who might have saved some of them
at least.
Little need be said regarding the remaining causes of death.
Respiratory diseases such as bronchitis and broncho-pheumonia
accounted for One of the most satisfactory points brought out
is that only one death of an infant was caused by tuberculosis in
any form. Indeed a reference to Table IV. will show that during
the whole year, only three children under the age of five years
died from tuberculosis disease. It is always dangerous to jump to
conclusions as to cause and effect, but it may perhaps be claimed
that this result is due in some measure to the careful inspection
of the milk supply in the district.
Of the six deaths classified under the heading of other causes,
four were due to sceptic diseases, one to atalectasis and one to
heart disease.