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Infant Mortality. In Dunedin and suburban boroughs,— Deaths of infants under 1 year in 1910 were 12' Between 1 and 5 years ... ... 20 147 Dunedin and Deaths of children under 1 year per 100 births,- Suburban Boroughs. Mean for 1910 ... ... 7*91 ~ for previous five vears (1905-9) ... ••■ 7 ' 36 ~ for previous ten years .-■ ■-- ... ioo Natural Increase of Population. TrirTflfl.flP Births. Deaths. £*££ per 1,000 of increase. p opu i at ion. Dunedin and suburban boroughs ... 1,606 650 956 15*0 Causes of Death. Zymotic Diseases. Deaths in Dunedin and suburban boroughs for the last five years, — 1906 ... ... 26 1909 ... ./. 33 1907 ... ... ... 101 1910 ... ... ... 71 1908 ... ... .. 62 These 71 deaths were from,— Diarrhceal diseases ... ... ■•■ ■■• ••■ ••• ... 40 Influenza Typhoid fever .. ••• ■•■ ••• ' Scarlet fever ... ■■• ••• ■•■ ••• ■•■ •■• ° Diphtheria ... ■ •• ••• ••■ ■■• ■■• ••■ " Whooping-cough ... ... • ■■ ••• •■• ••■ ... 20 Other zymotic diseases ... ... ••• •■• ••• ••• 1 71 Cancer. Deaths in Dunedin and suburban boroughs for the last five years, 1906 ... ... ... 55 I 1909 ... ... 62 1907 ... .. 59 131 ° ••• 6n 1908 ... ... •■ 53 Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases. Deaths in Dunedin and suburban boroughs for the last five years,— 1906 ... ... 78 1909 ... 47 1907 ... .. ... 77 1910 . . ... ... 52 1908 ... ... ... 69