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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 17,070. Deaths of Children under One Year to 1,000 Births. Deaths per rv™*.,. Deaths per Country. 1,000 Births. Country. ],000 Births. Chili (1908) .. .. 320 Scotland (1908) .. .. 121 Hungary (1909) .. .. 212 Finland (1909) 11l Ceylon (1909) 202 England and Wales (1909) .. 109 Jamaica (1909) 174 Switzerland (1908) .. ..108 Prussia (1909) 164 Netherlands (1909) .. .. 99 Servia(l9oB) 158 Ireland (1909) 92 Japan (1908) 157 Sweden (1908) 85 Italy (1908) 153 Norway (1908) 76 Belgium (1908) • • 147 Australian Commonwealth (1910) .. 75 Denmark (1908)'' .. -.123 New Zealand (1911) .. ..56 The principal causes of mortality in children under one year for New Zealand are given, with the numbers of deaths for five years from such causes. Premature birth stands first in order of importance, diarrhoea and enteritis next, followed by marasmus or debility. Here it is seen how much mortality is attributed to these causes according to the medical certificates.

Causes of Deaths of Children under One Year.—l907-11.

The proportions of deaths of children under one year of age to every 100 births for 1910 and 1911 at the chief centres are,— iglo ign Auckland (including suburbs) ... 7/90 6-30 Wellington „ .... %f £33 Christchurch „ 629 Dunedin „ 7 91 4 6i The percentage of deaths of children under sto the total number of deaths is—in Dunedin : 15-18 ; in Christchurch, 20-36 ; in Auckland, 22-31 ; in Wellington, 26-73.

Deaths oi ei Infants ui toh Year, s nder 1 Year of Age. (1 md Means of 10 Years. 'otals for Total Births registered in each Year, and Mean of 10 Years. Proportion of Deaths of Infants under 1 Year to every 1,000 Births. Year. Under 1 Month. 1 Month and under 3 Months. 3 Months 6 Months and under j and under 6 Months. ! 12 Months. ' Total under 12 Months. 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 665 692 669 714 717 763 810 794 786 751 344 346 260 285 247 446 242 285 298 217 313 367 356 290 244 500 347 258 333 234 390 365 331 310 298 •519 362 297 343 282 1,712 1,770 1,616 1,599 1,506 2,228 1,761 1,634 1,760 1,484 20,655 21,829 22,766 23,682 24,252 25,094 25,940 26,524 25,984 26,354 82-89 81-08 70-98 67-52 6210 88-78 67-88 61-60 67-73 56-31 Means of tea years ... 736 297 324 350 1,707 24,308 70-22

Number of Deaths from each Cause. Percentage of Total. lauses. 1907. i 1908. , 1909. 1910. 1911. I 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. I 1911. 1 Whooping-cough Convulsions Bronchitis and pneumonia Diarrhoea and enteritis.. Premature birth Marasmus, &c. Other causes .. 207 84 269 557 359 303 449 31 76 148 '418 388 264 436 28 107 J 168 249 347 256 479 j I 101 ! 80 157 343 407 281 391 12 89 161 244 337 263 378 9-29 3-77 12-08 25-00 16-11 13-60 20-15 1-76 4-32 8-40 23-74 22-03 14-99 24-76 1-71 6-55 10-28 15-24 21-24 15-67 29-31 5-74 4-54 8-92 19-49 23-12 15-97 22-22 0-81 6-00 10-85 16-44 22-71 17-72 25-47 . Totals 2,228 1,761 1,634 ! 1,760 |l,484 100-00 100-00 100-00 10000 100-00