[Deaths of children in infancy, with particular emphasis on neonaticide in materials collected by Department of Forensic Medicine in Bydgoszcz in the years 1992 to 2006].

The issue of sudden deaths of children in the infant period is presented in the report. The analysis included a total of 54 cases of sudden deaths of infants. Death caused by a disease, neonaticide and intrauterine necrosis were observed. In the group of disease-associated deaths, the most common cause of death was pneumonia. The most common mechanism of neonaticide was strangulation.