Multiple Births
, (N.Z. treat Asin. —Copyright) LOURENCO MARQUES (Mozambique), Dec. 14. A 32-year-old African housewife, who four yean ago had quintuplets, gave birth to quadruplets at Lourenco Marques Holy Soul Hospital at midnight last night. Medical authorities ■ Mid the quadruplets, about one month premature, had a good chance of survival. The births took only 20 minutes, and the babies, three boys and a girl, weighed between four pounds and four pounds six ounces each. They are being kept in ah incubator. All are said to be normal. The mother, Mrs Iprara Felisberto Mutangua, from the small village of Zavala, 200 miles north of Lourenco Marques, is in excellent condition.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31863, 16 December 1968, Page 3
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