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Page 39
... infants in these three groups of hospitals . Large Hospitals . Each of these should have a special unit for premature babies born in the hospital ; one premature cot being provided for every ten lying in beds . One hospital in each area ...
... infants in these three groups of hospitals . Large Hospitals . Each of these should have a special unit for premature babies born in the hospital ; one premature cot being provided for every ten lying in beds . One hospital in each area ...
Page 42
... infants ( born alive ) were born at home , and of these 368 ( 70 per cent . ) were nursed at home . Home care of premature babies has many advantages ; the education of the mother is easy and the normal mother - baby relationship is ...
... infants ( born alive ) were born at home , and of these 368 ( 70 per cent . ) were nursed at home . Home care of premature babies has many advantages ; the education of the mother is easy and the normal mother - baby relationship is ...
Page 43
... infants require more specialised care than can be given by a nurse visiting several times a day . For infants with birth - weights over 4 lbs . the overall mortality was practically the same for both hospital and home - born infants ...
... infants require more specialised care than can be given by a nurse visiting several times a day . For infants with birth - weights over 4 lbs . the overall mortality was practically the same for both hospital and home - born infants ...
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2-hourly bottle feeds abdominal distension abnormal administration Amer anæmia ante-natal asphyxia atelectasis avoided barrier nursing Birmingham birth injury birth-weight blankets blood bottle feeds breast feeds breast milk calories Camera Talks catheter cause cent child City of Birmingham condition cow's milk cyanosis dehydration develop diarrhoea digestive dose drachms dried milk full-cream full-term infants given gown half-cream handling heat incidence of prematurity increased incubators infants born infants weighing infection intra-cranial birth injury jaundice kernicterus less live births mask maturity method mortality rate mother napkin neo-natal deaths neo-natal mortality normal nurse nursery occur oxygen Photo by Camera pound daily pregnancy Premature Baby Unit premature births premature infants premature labour Preventive Treatment protein prothrombin regurgitation respiration respiratory salt smaller infants Sorrento Maternity Hospital Sorrento Premature sterilised still-births sugar sulphonamides temperature tube feeds usually Vitamin Vitamin K vomiting weeks weight