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In the Loxford Ward there were 8 infant deaths.
5 died under 1 week.
1 died at 10 days from prematurity.
1 died at 2 months from gastro-enteritis.
1 died at 9 months, an idiot child subject to bronchitis.
The two latter children had both attended infant welfare
centres.
In the Olementswood Ward there were 12 infant deaths.
5 died under 1 week.
1 died at 3 weeks from erysipelas.
1 died at 1 month from septicaemia.
1 died at 3 months from gastro-enteritis.
2 died at 3 months from marasmus.
1 died at 9 months from congenital deformity.
1 died at 3 months from gastro-enteritis.
The latter child had attended an infant welfare centre.
In the South Hainault Ward there were 17 infant deaths.
7 died under 1 week.
1 died at 18 days from broncho-pneumonia.
1 died at 1 month from prematurity.
1 died at 2 months from broncho-pneumonia.
1 died at 2 months from gastro-enteritis.
1 died at 4 months from pneumonia (a nurse child, having
only been one day in the district).
1 died at 9 months from broncho-pneumonia.
2 died at 10 months (twins) from broncho-pneumonia and
whooping cough.
1 died at 5 months from gastro-enteritis.
1 died at 9 months from intussusception.
The latter two children had attended infant welfare
centres, one, however, in another district.
It will be seen that of the 66 infants who died under 1 year
of age, only 5 had attended infant welfare centres. 34, however,
of the deaths occurred in infants in the first month of life, and
these infants would naturally not have been brought to a centre.
Table IV. gives the causes of death of infants under one
year of age, classified according to age. It will be noticed that
prematurity and debility still cause the greatest number of
deaths.