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The proportions of deaths of children under one year of age to every 100 births for 1909 and 1910 at the chief centres are, — 1909. 1910. Auckland (including suburbs) ... ... ... 618 7-90 Wellington ~ ... ... ... ... 8-42 8*45 Christchurch „ ... ... ... ... 6*28 694 Dunedin „ ... ... ... ... 4-86 7-91 The percentage of deaths of children under 5 to the total number of deaths is—in Dunedin, 22-61: in Christchurch, 20-66; in Auckland, 27'40; in Wellington, 2702. Causes of Death. A comparison of the causes of deaths in 1910 and 1909 arranged according to an abridged classification, the percentage of each group to the total deaths, and the proportion per 10,000 persons living, is given in the following table: —

The next table shows the number of deaths from each principal cause for the five years 1906-10, and the proportion per 10,000 of the population.

i Number i if Deaths. j Proportion to Total Proportion per Deaths. 10,000 living. Class. 1910. 1909. 1910. I 1909. 1910. 1909. i i Total. I. General diseases .. .. .. I 2,393 II. Diseases of the nervous system and of the i 1,008 organs of special sense III. Diseases of the circulatory system .. 1,412 IV. Diseases of the respiratory system .. j 911 V. Diseases of the digestive system .. 1,026 VI. Diseases of the genito-urinary system and 436 adnexa VII. Puerperal condition .. .. .. 117 VIII. Diseases of the skin and of the cellular 33 tissue IX. Diseases of the organs of locomotion .. 18 X. Malformations .. .. .. 65 XL Infancy .. .. .. .. 719 XII. Old-age"! .. .. .. .. 660 XIII. Violence .. .. .. .. I 667 XIV. Ill-defined causes .. .. .. 174 Totals .. .. .. 9,639 Total. PerCent. Per Cent. 2,187 24-83 24-41 920 10-46 10-27 1,369 14-65 15-28 784 9-45 8-75 843 10-64 9-41 407 4-52 4-54 135 1-21 1-51 50 0-34 0-56 24-10 10-15 14-22 9-18 10-34 4-39 1-18 0-33 0-18 0-65 7-24 6-66 6-72 1-75 22-50 9-47 14-09 8-07 8-67 4-19 1-39 0-51 0-26 0-66 6-96 5-72 8-00 1-70 25 0-19 0-28 64 j 0-67 0-71 676 7-46 7-55 556 6-85 6-21 778 ! 6-92 8-68 165 1-81 1-84 8,959 100-00 100-00 97-09 92-19

Number of Deaths. Proportion of ll ),000 of Mean Population. Cause. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. I 1906. 1907. Typhoid fevei .. .. 48 Measles .'. .. .. 12 Starlet fever . . .. 18 Whooping-cough . . .. 26 Influenza .. | 132 Tuberculosis of the lungs .. 556 Other forms of tuberculosis 164 Cancer 623 Diabetes .. .. ; 104 Simple meningitis .. : 138 Convulsions of children under 106 5 years of age Apoplexy .. .. 272 Pneumonia .. .. 444 Gastritis and enteritis . 335 Diarrhceal diseases .. 97 Cirrhosis of liver .. .. 44 Appendicitis .. .. 69 Bright's disease and acute 241 nephritis Violence, suicide .. .. 83 „ accident .. 575 Other causes .. .. j 4,252 53 90 55 62 101 19 26 j 1 25 60 26 13 307 42 ! 41 148 223 64 47 141 612 607 ! 588 550 244 232 I 212 181 674 657 711 , 742 87 100 ; 104 : 123 130 136 131 142 104 96 131 107 0-54 0-58 013 1-10 0-20 0-27 0-29 3-34 1-47 2-43 6-21 6-66 1-83 I 2-65 6-96 7-33 116 ! 0-95 1-54 1-41 1-18 1-13 0-95 0-57 0-62 0-20 0.27 0-01 0-63 0-27 0-13 0-44 0-42 1-49 0-68 0-48 1-42 6-42 6-05 5-54 2-45 2-18 1-82 6-95 7-32 7-47 1-06 1-07 1-24 1-44 1-35 1-43 1-02 1-35 1-08 330 341 316 389 572 453 458 448 518 478 362 457 314 198 102 164 42 52 : 47 ' 38 86 81 66 ' 98 268 263 261 256 304 3-59 4-96 6-22 3-74 5-64 I -08 3-42 0-49 : 0-46 0-77 | 0-93 2-69 ! 2-92 3-61 3-25 3-92 4-80 4-71 4-51 506 3-73 4-60 ! 2-20 ; 1-05 1-65 ! 0-55 j 0-48 0-38 ; 0-86 0*68 0-99 2-78 ! 2-69 2-58 102 103 118 100 611 570 660 567 , 4.663 | 4.401 14,497 j 4,912 0-93 1-11 6-42 6-65 1-09 i 1-21 1-01 6-03 : 6-79 5-71 Totals .. .. j 8,339 10,066 ! 9,043 8,959 '9,639 93-11 109-52 95-69 92-19 97-09