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NEO-NATAL DEATHS (R.C.O.G. TABLE 36) SUMMARY T o t a l N u m b e r of N e D - N a t a l d e a t h s Labour Ward deaths . . . . . . . Nursery deaths . . . . . . . . . . . Unit deaths 12 of t h e s e d e a t h s w e r e e x t e r n b a b i e s n o t b o r n

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Cause of death: Acute Bronchopneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acute Bronchopneumonia/Congenital Hydronephrosis ...... Acute Bronchopneumonia/Haemolytic Disease ......... Acute Bronchopneumonia/Multiple Congenital Defects ...... A c u t e E n t e r o - c o l i t e s / B r o n c h o p n e u m o n i a [P r e m a t u r i t y ...... Acute Haemorrhagic Bronchopneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . Acute Otitis Media/Acute Pyelo-nephritis . . . . . . . . . . . . Acute Peritonitis .._ .._ -Acute Ulcerating Enteritis[Haemolytic Disease]Acute Broncho"" pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anencephalic infant ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . Anencephalic/Cardio Respiratory Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . Anoxia Respiratory Distress Sydrome . . . . . . . . . . . . Asphyxia Neonatorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asphyxia Neonatorum/Pulmonary Haemorrhage ... ...... Atelectasis/Respiratory Distress Syndrome/Haemolytic Disease Atelectasis/Respiratory Distress Syndrome ......... Bronchopneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cerebral Haemorrhage/Pulmonary Haemorrhage ......... Congenital Heart Disease ......... C o n g e n i t a l H e a r t D i s e a s e / T r a c h e o - o e s o p h a g e a l fistula]B'roncho'-'" pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Congenital Lung cyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Down's Syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Down's Syndrome/Bronchopneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . Epidermolysis Bullosae . . . . . . . . . . . . Fractured Skull/Subdural Haemorrhage . . . . . . . . . . . . G a s t r o - e n t e r i t i s ... Generalised Septicaemia/Empyema-thoracis[Pulmonary Abscess Haemolytic Disease/Hydrops Foetalis . . . . . . . . . . . . Haemolytic Disease]N.N.I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haemolytic Disease/Prematurity . . . . . . . . . . . . Hyaline Membrane Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hydrops Foetalis Coombs Positive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hydrops Foetalis ]Idiopathic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intraperitoneal Haemorrhage[Idiopathic Hydrops Foetalis ... . . . . . . . . . . . . Intrauterine Pneumonia ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . Meningo-myelocele /Hydrocephalus ... . . . . . . . . . . . . Meningo-myelocele/Spina Bifida . . . . . . . . . . . . M e n i n g o c e l e ] M u l t i p l e D e f e c t of G.I.T'.'" . . . . . . . . . . . . Persistent N.N.I./Marasmus ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . Pneumonia/Anoxia ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . Prematurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prematurity]Intrauterine Anoxia ... . . . . . . . . . . . . Prematurity Atelectasis ...... ... Prematurity/Bronchopneumonia ......... ... ,o. Prematurity/Bronchopneumonia/Cerebral Haemorrhage ... ... Prematurity/Congenital Abnormality ......... .,o Prematurity/Hyaline Membrane Disease ......... °.. Prematurity/N.N.I . . . . . . . . . ... P r e m a t u r i t y ]M e n i n g o - m y e l o c e l e / S y d r o c e p h ' a J u s ::: ... ... Previable Prematurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . °°. Spina Bifida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .°. Spina Bifida/Sydrocepffalus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . °°o Steatorrhea/Marasmus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ° °. Subdural Haemorrhage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supratentorial Haemorrhage . . . . . . . . . . . . ... D e a t h s w i t h i n t h e 1st w e e k Post-mortems obtained

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