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7
INFANT MORTALITY.
There were 28 deaths of children under 1 year
of age, which is a decrease of 9 compared with
the number for the previous year. Twenty were
legitimate and 8 illegitimate.
Of the infant deaths, 13 occurred in hospitals
or public institutions outside the district of Surbiton.
The ages at death were as follows:—
One at 1 hour, 10 hours, 12 hours, 14 hours,
2 days, 3 days, 20 days, 3 weeks, 1 month, 10
months and 12 months; two at 4 days, 2 weeks,
3 months, 7 months; three at 1 day, 1 week, and
9 months.
The causes and ages at death of the children
were as follows:—
Convulsions, Epilepsy 3 months
Atelectasis Neonatorum 4 days
Broncho pneumonia 9 months
Prematurity 1 day
Toxaemia, Necrosis of Mandible 3 weeks
Icterus Gravis Neonatorum 1 weekPrematurity
(5 months) 14 hours
Prematurity 20 days
Prematurity 1 week
Broncho-pneumonia, Marasmus I month
Exhaustion, Pneumococcic Meningitis 9 months
Inanition. Spina Bifida 2 days
Broncho-pneumonia, prematurity 1 week
Gastro-enteritis, double cesphageal stricture 9 months
Exhaustion, Vomiting, Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 9 months
Prematurity 10 hours
Prematurity 1 hour
Prematurity 4 days
Intestinal Obstruction 3 days
Prematurity 1 day
Prematurity 1 day
Hydrocephalus 7 months
Marasmus 10 months
Broncho-pneumonia 2 weeks
Broncho-pneumonia, gastro-enteritis 2 weeks
Tuberc. meningitis 12 months
Prematurity 12 hours
Peritonitis, Bilateral mastoiditis 3 months