Child Mortality

Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1922, Page 4

Child Mortality

LOW. BUT NOT YET LOW ENOUGH

CHRISTCHURCH, Jane 7. “At, the present lime we lose lad' l infants in a year out of 30,1 it ill born that is, five in a hundred,” said Dr Trilby King to members of the Plunkot Society yesterday. “If we lost at the rate, that we were losing at fifteen years ago, wo should he losing over 2000, hut taking the 1500, 1 want lo draw your a f tention lo the (-not moils pioportioi) that die in the first month. STARTLING PER) ENTAGE. “Taking flic record for 10.21, il there had been' exactly 1500 deaths, 1000 would have oreurred in the first month ami only 500 in the succeeding eleven month”. Tk" lur'uiin-; of this is Hint j,. ■ ~ l oi I < ; in , I lie a I ion! ion of mothers to iln-ii ciiildn a mm month after Uw.v ere born. Wo seldom get in her, I.- that. We tried to I'D celt \ . :\l-i hum. v.-i oil Sir John Findlay intn.'idfi'd 'hi--' Act. to get- a l'ol'Ricng ■ i v jfhin i v, o or t'nee days oi a * - - j i I -1 being bom, but "il is only this .veal I hat this notice is g: n to us, ami ')' ■.(•ml out n courteous oil -r to give t.u s, r’vii-e- of a Rlunkri nurse at the tim< I w!;. 11 the malti uify or olher nurse i: !ea\ing. Bei-aus ■ of that, an infinite!.' I larger numher of ha.lut-s are coining D | us in the eaily period, when we can d--1 nun''' ’’ r them. < rOMEDRTING ( DM ’ \RiSD.-.. "The number of babies lost ill t!i ,-d. .-an months succeeding tie firs i>th is actually thru* times a- g-mi

in America • iit is in N( 1 \v Zealand, i •>.- I-. -1 ;« s ti.nl die in the second 1, -,,111. ii iii New Zealand, 270 die in A merit n : i'.<r lifty ! ' 1 1 ; • s tl.at die in the j;,j i- | .j , .V. :i:;■ 11 -1, l'il) die in \ 1., : i lilt (lie ill ILc I '] inn:;; ■ !;• hi Aim riril. Tl: ' < 1 1. I!.. . 1 . 1 1 i: <-' ted toward'; il:,. |.„ :! ||.|, , ; |. m i •i' dm! t hild lias been ,:i wonderi'i-: avail, and l)r Tlmoker is r lll i ll ■ right v. ■ ea la’ says ilia! more attention inn si he paid la ihe ante-natal period iroi i rniK-epiioii to birth. That j - ro’iiii'n' ;’!-o. A 'treat deal nil! ho (lnr.o parliv in < ;:■ > -i■<| m■:u i“ ol what 1 have just told yon and partly because ut .'renter on-ordination ol' Government effort as hot ween males nity muses, maternity hospitals and ihe society, and everything dene in this way will he of ljene'ht not only to the Plnnket Society, hut to the maternity hospitals. The nitiniate lieneht as lor iiiotiu r and child -- thev are the people to whom tl.e oireds are delivered. A 1 IOI’KFF 1/ () FT LOOK. "There is no reason why, with die otfiiit tliat is going on. within five } rears of this dsiU* the* infnntilo deaths \ should In' reduced from I.’ll 10 to 1000, | and we shall have ourselves to Maine ii' | the iloath rate exceeds :i per cent instead of A per cent, as at present.”