CAUSE Of INFANT MORTALITY
MEDICAL INVESTIGATION. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 10.30 p.m. London, May 5. The Medical Research Council, as the result of an investigation into die deaths of 800 infants who died in the first month, has published a remarkable report showing, that more than twothirds of the infants died in the early weeks from some form of asphyxia. The report suggests that doctors are backward in applying the most recent physiological discoveries. The old-fash-ioned practice of smacking an infant to make it breathe is emphatically condemned, and details of more scientific methods are set out in the report.
The report emphasises that the first quarter of an hour after birth is the most dangerous period. Medical discovery could most usefully . seek measures to avoid loss of life at that period.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1930, Page 9
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