3.3. Characteristics of Infants. Out of the 540 newborns 24 (4.4%) were delivered at less than 37 weeks of gestation. Mean birth weight of the infants was 2.9kg (range 1.5 to 4.3). The mean gestational age of the newborns was 39.49 weeks with minimum 31andmaximum 44 weeks. The prevalence of low birth weight was found to be17.4%.