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1929. NEW ZEALAND.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. ANNUAL REPORT OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH.
Presented in pursuance of Section 100 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1926.
HON. A. J. STALLWORTHY, MINISTER OF HEALTH.
CONTENTS. Reports of — ' page Director-General of Health .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 1-5 Director, Division of Public Hygiene .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 5-22 Director, Division of School Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22-26 Director, Division of Dental Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26-28 Director, Division of Nursing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 28-30 Director, Division of Maori Hygiene .. ... .. .. .. .. .. 30-33 Consulting Obstetrician .. .. .. .. . . .. . . .. .. 33-39 Inspector of Private and Maternity Hospitals .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 39-42 Health Districts: Annual Reports of Medical Officers of Health .. .. .. .. .. 43-64 Medical Superintendents, Special Government Hospitals and Sanatoria .. .. .. .. 65-67 Appendix.—Medical Research and Special Investigations ; Still-births and Neo-natal Deaths ; Atmospheric 68-78 Pollen Survey; Outbreak of Typhoid Fever in a Farmhouse; Maori and Pakeha—Study in comparative Health of ; Posture of New Zealand School-children
REPORTS. The Director-General op Health to the Hon. the Minister of Health, Wellington. I have the honour to lay before you the annual report of the Department for the year 1928-29.
PART I.—GENERAL SURVEY. Vital Statistics. The crude (actual) death-rate for the Dominion for the past year was 8-49 per 1,000 of the mean population. In 1927 the death-rate was 8'45. The infantile mortality was 36-18 per 1,000 births, as against 38-74 for 1927. The birth-rate of 19-56 per 1,000 still shows a falling tendency. In 1928 the children born numbered 27,200, much the lowest for the last nine years,
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