[Newborn infant mortality over a 30-year period at the Institute of Maternal and Child Welfare]. / Neugeborenen-Sterblichkeit im Laufe von 30 Jahren im "Institut für Mütter- und Kinderfürsorge".

The postnatal mortality of newborn infants in the Institution for the Care of Mother and Child in Prague decreased from 19.4% in the years 1950-1954 to 11.1% in the period 1975-1979. This decrease was due by 80% to the improvement of results of the postnatal care, by 20% to the reduction of the proportion of very premature infants in the newborn population. During the last 3 years the postnatal mortality was further decreased by about 4%, almost entirely because of the reduction of number of very preterm deliveries. It is concluded that the prevention of severe prematurity is more likely to improve further postnatal results than any postnatal therapy.

[Growth of children born with low-birth-weight at the age of 10 years (author's transl)]. / Wachstum der Kinder mit niedrigem Geburtsgewicht im Alter von 10 Jahren

Values of body height, weight and head circumference in 225 children born with low-birth-weight (LBW) were compared with the same parameters of the control groups. The group of LBW-children was subdivided into 1. "true" preterm, 2. full-term small-for-dates, 3. preterm small-for-dates. At the age of 10 years significantly higher frequencies of individuals with subnormal growth were found in all 3 groups of LBW-children. Severe degrees of growth retardation were found mainly in boys and girls born as small-for-date newborns. The worst impairment of growth was seen in children born as preterm small-for-dates where the retardation of the growth of head circumference was most striking.