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Measles—Death-rate per 1,000,000 of Population from 1872 to 1929,

Typhoid or Enteric Fever, 22. Tiie position as regards this disease for the period 1925-29 is shown in the table below : —

Enteric Fever in New Zealand, 1925-29.

It is also of interest to state tliat the death-rate from typhoid fever (average) for the last five years was approximately forty times less than a similar average taken fifty years ago.

Notifications. Deaths. Year. r . r , Rate per 10,000 w , „ Rate per 10,000 um er. () j: \j ean Population. 1 ' of Mean Population. 1925 ' .. .. 278 2-09 16 0-12 1926 .. .. .. 302 2-23 19 0-14 1927 .. .. .. 270 1-96 11 0-08 1928 .. .. .. 290 2-09 16 0-12 1929 .. .. .. 278 1-98 22 0-16