Table 4.

Comparison of morbidity reports for infants at 2 week visits between intervention and control groups^a

	Intervention		Control		P	Intervention		Control		P
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent		Number	Percent	Number	Percent
	2 weeks		2 weeks			4 & 6 weeks		4 & 6 weeks
Cough	8/40	20 · 0	6/38	15 · 8	0 · 63	11/82	13 · 4	7/76	9 · 2	0 · 40
Diarrhoea	12/40	30 · 0	11/38	28 · 9	0 · 92	19/82	23 · 2	24/76	31 · 6	0 · 23
Refuse breast	2/40	5 · 0	0/38	0 · 0	0 · 16	4/82	4 · 9	2/76	2 · 6	0 · 46
Feverishness	5/40	12 · 5	4/38	10 · 5	0 · 78	13/82	15 · 8	15/76	19 · 7	0 · 52
Sought treatment in past 2 weeks	8/40	20 · 0	4/38	10 · 5	0 · 25	20/82	24 · 4	17/76	22 · 4	0 · 76
	8 & 10 weeks		8 & 10 weeks			12 & 14 weeks		12 & 14 weeks
Cough	6/80	7 · 5	6/76	7 · 9	0 · 92	8/84	9 · 5	2/82	2 · 4	0 · 06
Diarrhoea	23/80	28 · 7	21/76	27 · 6	0 · 88	28/84	33 · 3	19/82	23 · 2	0 · 15
Refuse breast	1/80	1 · 2	3/76	3 · 9	0 · 28	0/84	0 · 0	1/82	91 · 2	0 · 31
Feverishness	19/80	23 · 7	26/76	34 · 2	0 · 15	14/84	16 · 7	8/82	9 · 8	0 · 19
Sought treatment in past 2 weeks	17/80	21.2	13/76	17.1	0.51	16/84	19.0	6/82	7.3	0.03
	16 & 18 weeks		16 & 18 weeks			20 & 22 weeks		20 & 22 weeks
Cough	3/79	3 · 8	4/81	4 · 9	0 · 70	1/73	1 · 4	5/81	6 · 2	0 · 12
Diarrhoea	20/79	25 · 3	19/81	23 · 5	0 · 78	17/73	23 · 3	19/81	23 · 5	0 · 98
Refuse breast	2/79	2 · 5	2/81	2 · 5	0 · 98	1/73	1 · 4	5/81	6 · 2	0 · 12
Feverishness	15/79	18 · 9	16/81	19 · 7	0 · 90	12/73	16 · 4	23/81	28 · 4	0 · 08
Sought treatment in past 2 weeks	14/79	17 · 7	12/81	14 · 8	0 · 62	15/73	20 · 5	16/81	19 · 7	0 · 90

^a% of subjects with side effects as a percentage of the total number of visits for the periods indicated

There were no reports of convulsions and bulging fontanelles