Contents
Maternal and infantile mortality in Selangor : causes of death during the colonial era in Malaya (1900 to 1940) / Azlizan Mat Enh ; Sarina Abdullah 1
Abstract 1
Introduction 1
British Health Services 3
Mother and Infant Health 5
Mother Mortality 6
Infant Mortality 9
Unplanned Urban System 12
Socio-Economic Factors in the Malnutrition and Mortality Rate 14
Working Mothers and Infants Caretaker 15
Dying House 16
Effect of Traditional Cultural View on Women and their Pregnancies 18
Women's Education 18
Health Knowledge 20
The Malay Humoral System 21
Traditional Delivery 22
Races and Beliefs 25
Conclusion 26
References 28
Biographical Note 30