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Nowadays, scientist and engineers working in the field of materials are too concerned with sustainability issues and environmental protection. Due to environmental friendly, bio degradability and sustainability, natural fiber composites are preferred as compared to conventional synthetic fiber based composites. An Epoxy piece and Jute fiber-epoxy composite is prepared using hand lay-up technique. For this purpose, an open type mould made of mild steel plate has been used. It is revealed that the jute epoxy composite exhibited better tensile and compressive strength. Bundle strength of fibers decreases with increase in number of fibers in a Bundle. Tensile and compressive strength increases with Jute fiber reinforcement.

INTRODUCTIONBirth weight is single most important criterion for determining neonatal and infant survival. LBW is a sensitive indicator of socio-economic conditions and indirectly measures the health of the mother and child. Babies with a birth weight of less than 2500 g irrespective of period of their gestation are termed as LBW babies.1 In India 30-35 % babies are LBW and more than half of these LBW newborns are full term babies.2 LBW includes preterm babies born before 37 weeks of gestation as well as infants of any gestation who are small for dates due to intrauterine growth retardation It will be worthwhile to determine if foot length correlate with gestational age assessment by New Ballard scoring. METHODSSubject selection-In our study we enrolled 254 newborns delivered at MYH hospital and admitted in MYH and CNBC nursery over a period of two years. Their gestational age ranged from 27 to 42 weeks. Gestational age of babies was determined by NEW BALLARD SCORE taken from Ballard JL et al: New Ballard score ABSTRACT Background: It is important to know an infant's gestational age because its behaviour and anticipated problems can be predicted on this basis. It is also important for prediction of morbidity, mortality and further management. Methods: Study was done for two years.254 newborns delivered at MYH hospital and admitted in MYH and CNBC nursery were studied. Their gestational age ranged from 27 to 42 weeks. Results: Gestational age and foot length also showed a positive correlation with a correlation coefficient of 0.99. Both AGA and SGA babies showed positive correlation of gestational age with foot length with correlation coefficient of 0.99 and 0.99 respectively. Conclusions: Foot length of 73.7 mm can be used as a cut-off point for differentiating between term and preterm babies. Foot length measurements can be easily used by peripheral health workers to differentiate between term and preterm babies. They can be used at remote places by peripheral health workers.

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