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Deaths of Infants under One Year, and Proportion to Births.

Note. —The total number of deaths of infants for the period included in the table is 15,876.

Deaths of Children under Five Tears, and Proportion to Deaths at all Ages.

Note. —The total number of deaths included in this table of children under 5 years is 20,457. Although 15,876 infants (under one year) were lost to the colony by death during the decade, and 20,457 children under five, the third table shows much more satisfactory results for this colony than for New South Wales or Victoria in the matter of the preservation of infant life. Dealing with averages of five years, in New Zealand only 82 infants under one year are found to die out of every 1,000 born, against 109 in New South Wales and 105 in Victoria.

Deaths oi e; Infants u: ich Year, s ider 1 Year of Age. (1 ,nd Means of 10 Years. 'otals for Proportion of Deaths of Infants under 1 Year to every 1,000 Births. Year. Total Births registered in each Year, and Mean of 10 Years. Under 1 Month. 1 Month and under 3 Months. 3 Months and under 6 Months. 6 Months and under 12 Months. Total under 12 Months. 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 575 566 512 573 619 607 610 665 692 669 333 229 240 289 389 288 272 344 346 260 329 304 269 306 378 293 392 313 367 356 400 340 333 342 420 281 289 390 365 331 1,637 1,439 1,354 1,510 1,806 1,469 1,563 1,712 1,770 1,616 18,546 18,612 18,737 18,955 18,835 19,546 20,491 20,655 21,829 22,766 88-3 77'3 72-3 79'7 95'9 75-2 76-3 82-9 81-1 71-0 Means of ten years ... 609 299 331 349 1,588 19,897 800 I

Deaths of Children vj Yeai inder 1 to 5 Years of 1 c, and Means of 10 Ye; >ge. (Totals for each KB.) Total Deaths at all Ages for each Year, and Mean of 10 Years. Deaths under 5 Years : Per Cent. of Mortality at all Ages. Year. Under 1 Year. 1 Year and under 2 Years. 2 Years and under 3 Years. 3 Years and under i Years. i Years and under 5 Years. Total Deaths under 5 Years. 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1,637 1,439 1,354 1,510 1,806 1,469 1,563 1,712 1,770 1,616 555 215 187 200 291 205 208 307 275 169 102 59 84 91 111 93 185 118 126 83 88 76 69 72 74 64 68 92 111 63 57 64 38 47 56 58 52 61 64 43 2,139 1,853 1,732 1,920 2,338 1,889 1,976 2,290 2,346 1,974 6,863 6,432 6,595 7,244 7,680 7,200 7,634 8,375 8,528 8,087 31-17 28-81 26-26 26-50 30-44 26-24 25-88 27-34 27-51 24-41 Means of ten years 1,588 231 95 78 54 2,046 7,464 27-46

Proportion of Deaths of Infanta under 1 1,000 Births. 'ear of Age to every Year. New Zealand. New South Wales. Victoria. 899 900 901 902 903 95-9 75-2 76-3 82-9 81-1 118-7 103-3 103-7 109-7 110-4 1109 95-3 102-9 108-6 106-4 Means of five years ... 82-3 109-2 104-8