11,-31.

Typhoid or Enteric Fever, 8. The position as regards this disease for the period 1927-31 is shown in the table below : —

Enteric Fever in New Zealand, 1927-31.

It is also of interest to state that 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.

SECTION 3. Infant Mortality, 856. The infant-mortality rate for 1931 was 32-15 per 1,000 births.

Infant Mortality in New Zealand, 1927-31 (per 1,000 live Births).

It will be seen from the above table that there was a substantial reduction last year in the death-rate of infants, and those under one month of age shared in this reduction. Analysis of Deaths of Infants under One Month of Age, 1931. The following table gives the causes of these deaths during the year : —

Thus 471 of a total of 604 infant deaths in the first month of life occurred during the first week, and may be regarded as mainly due to pre-natal influences. It is also of interest to record that well over half of the infant deaths (in the first twelve months of life) occurred in this first week —i.e., 471 in a total of 856.

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Notifications. Deaths. Year. ; Number : Rate P er 10.000 Number Rate per 10,000 iNumDer. ; of Mean Population. dumber. 0 f Mean Population. 1927 .. .. .. 270 1-96 11 0-08 1928 .. .. .. 290 2-09 16 0-12 1929 .. .. .. 278 1-98 22 0-16 1930 .. .. .. 149 1-04 7 0-05 1931 .. .. .. 161 Ml 8 0-06

I I • L " ' j tt„j„ One Month and , , , tt j ■ One Month and m ± 1 j Under , m , lotal under , . Under , ri , . Total under Year. r . ., under Twelve mi vr ,, Year. „ ,, under Iwelve m , ,, , One Month. Months Twelve Months. One Month, i Months Twelve Months. I II j I I I MSm9SÊÊSÊSri. 1927 .. 25-83 12-91 38-74 1930 .. 24-03 10-45 34-48 1928 .. 25-41 10-77 36-18 1931 .. 22-69 9-46 32-54 1929 .. 23-26 10-84 34-10 J .. ■ I . |gj gjgjg ' ~

I f • 03 • I -id *-l 3 : TTrl iS'lo ® 1? hf J "3 1 Cause of Death. OnpYtav <c 3 3 [S Total. One Day. g O Sn S £ 5 2 2 a a o eāO O is£ : > I I ■ . . M 1- B ! Influenza .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. ... Syphilis .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 2 3 Meningitis Convulsions .. .. .. .. .. 3 2 .. .. 5 Broncho-pneumonia .. .. .. 1 4 4 2 2 13 Pneumonia .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 .. .. 4 Diarrhoea and enteritis .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 3 5 Congenital malformations . . 17 41 13 5 2 78 Congenital debility .. . . . . 5 9 7 3 .. 24 Injury at birth.. .. .. ..20 47 6 4 1 78 Premature birth .. .. 121 120 23 15 7 286 Other diseases .. . . . . . . 21 38 10 3 .. 72 Accidental mechanical suffocation . . 1 .. .. 1 .. 2 Other causes .. .. .. .. 4 17 5 4 4 34 Totals, 1931 .. .. 190 281 73 39 21 604 Totals, 1930 .. .. 224 288 74 35 23 644 I