title: St Kilda, the neonatal tetanus tragedy of the nineteenth century and some twenty-first century answers.
abstract: Neonatal tetanus was the cause of death of two thirds of newborn babies on the archipelago of St Kilda in the Outer Hebrides for at least 150 years. This was a major factor in the community becoming non-viable. While the cause of the tetanus infections has never been clearly established, modern bacteriological evidence suggests an alternative source of infection to the previously established theory.
authors.affiliation: Redcliffe Hospital, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. peter_stride@health.qld.gov.au
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stride
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history* / Q000401:mortality; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology; D013742:Tetanus / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history* / Q000401:mortality