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Analysis of Deaths of Infants under One Month of Age, 1928.

The following table gives the causes of these deaths during the year : —

►>J1S I sl f S3 TTT ® £ 8 i.® Cause of Death. n n -p. er 'T? 3 § [S [S § § S Total. y. S ST) O CO « $T3© o 5,5 S & E* S 2 s fl a • ...... ' I ' - _j EH EH I Influenza .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. . . 1 Syphilis .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 1 3 Meningitis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 2 Convulsions .. .. .. .. .. 6 1 .. .. 7 Broncho-pneumonia .. .. .... 3 2 3 1 9 Pneumonia .. .. .. ..I.. 2 1 1 .. 4 Diarrhoea and enteritis .. .. .. .. 1 3 .. 2 6 Congenital malformations .. .. 22 61 14 5 6 108 Congenital debility .. .. .. 6 21 8 2 3 40 Injury at birth .. . . . . .. 23 51 8 .. 1 83 Premature birth .. . . .. 149 120 25 10 10 314 Other diseases .. .. . . .. 24 46 6 1 .. 77 Accidental mechanical suffocation .. 1 2 .. .. .. 3 Other causes .. .. .. .. 5 12 9 6 3 35 Totals .. .. .. 230 325 80 30 27 692 Thus 555 of a total of 692 infant deaths in the first month of life occurred during the first week, and may be regarded as mainly due to pre-natal influences. It is also of interest to record that well over half of the infant deaths (in the first twelve months of life) occurred in this first week —i.e., 555 in a total of 984.