Abstract
A study has been made of the number of deaths and admissions to the hospital of similar groups of premature and full-term Negro infants between 1 and 24 months of age. About twice as many ex-prematures died or required admission to the hospital; in this population ex-prematures may account for 25% of admissions during the first 2 years of life. Lower respiratory tract infections and diarrheal disease accounted for the majority of admissions to the hospital and deaths. Illness was commoner in babies of low birth weight, and in those under 6 months of age. It seems probable that more intensive surveillance of the premature infant after discharge from the nursery might decrease this high incidence of sickness. Special attention should be paid to the early detection and treatment of infections, which are the principal cause of major illness. Some possible lines of approach to the investigation of this problem are discussed.
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