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Infant Mortality. In Christchurch and suburban boroughs,— ■_•'■'_ -••"' .-;' Deaths of infants under 1 year in 1910 were... Ilu Between 1 year and 5 years ... ... ... ... 23 138 Deaths of children under 1 year per 100 births,- sSSSSA Mean for 1910 ... ... ... ... ... ... • 6*94 ~ for previous five years (1905-9) ... ... ... B*3o ~ for previous ten years ... ... ... ... .... 9'90 Natural Increase of Population. v . i Increase Births. Deaths. aMural per 1,000 of lnorease. Population . Christchurch and suburban boroughs ... 1,657 688 959 154 Causes of Deaths. Zymotic Diseases. Deaths in Christchurch and suburban boroughs for the last five years,— 1906 ... ... ... 47 j 1909 ... ... ... 36 1907 ... ... ... 155 1910 ... ... ... 47 1908 ... ... 52 These 47 deaths were from, — Diarrhceal diseases . ... ... ... .17 Influenza ... ... . . ... ... ... ... 6 Typhoid fever ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Scarlet fever ... ... ... ... ... ~.. ... 1 Diphtheria ... ... ... ... ... ... .'.-. 8 Whooping-cough ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 Other zymotic diseases ... . . .. ... ... ... 6 Cancer. Deaths in Christchurch and suburban boroughs for last five years, 1906 ... ... ... 60 1909 ... :.'. ... 51 1907 ... ... ... 76 1910 ... ... ... 63 1908 ... ... ... 42 Phthisis and other Tubercular DiseasesDeaths in Christchurch and suburban boroughs for the last five years,— 1906 ... ... 41 1909 ... ... ... 46 1907 ... ... ... 73 1910 ... ... ... 50 1908 ... ... 66 Dunedin District. The statistics of births and deaths are taken from the returns of the Registrar-General, and deal only with the population of Dunedin and the boroughs of Maori Hill, Mnrnington, Roslyn, St. Kilda, and West Harbour. Population. Dunedin City ... ... ... ... ... ... 44,483 Suburban boroughs ... ... ... ... 19,009 63,492 Birth-rate. 1910—Dunedin City ... ... ... ... ... ... 2722 Dunedin and suburban boroughs ... ... ... 25-29 The average birth-rates for previous ten vears (1900-9) are,— DunedinCity ... ... ... __~- ... 23'83 Dunedin and suburban boroughs ... ... ... ... ... 24'33 Death-rate. 1910—Dunedin City ... ■ •• ••• ■ ■- 10*99 Dunedin anel suburban boroughs ... ... ... ... 10*24 The average death-rates for previous ten years (1900-9) are,— Dunedin City ... ... 10*44 Duredin and suburban boroughs. ... ... ... 10* 16