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Infant Mortality in Kirklees31 Jan 2008
Mothers' lifestyles blamed for baby deaths.

Dewsbury and other parts of the Kirklees area in Yorkshire are said to have more than double the national average of infant mortality and a new report suggests that the main reason for the deaths of so many newborn babies is the lifestyle of their mothers. Jenni talks to Dr Judith Hooper - Kirklees’ public health director - who lead the study.
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