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Whooping-cough, 44; Measles, Nil. Neither of these two diseases is compulsorily notifiable. Whooping-cough was prevalent. I. lit the number of deaths caused thereby was low in comparison with former epidemics. Typhoid ob Enteric Fever, 8, The position as regards this disease for the period 1928-31 is shown in the table below :—

Enteric Fever in New Zealand, 1928-32.

It is also of interesi to state that the death-rate fr typhoid fever (average) for the last five years was approximately forty times less than a similar average taken fifty pears ago. SECTION 3. Infant Mortality, 777. The infant-mortality rate for 1932 was 31-22 per 1,000 births.

Infant Mortality in New Zealand, 1928-32 (per 1,000 Live Births).

ft will be seen from the above table that there was a substantial reduction last year in the (leath-rate of infants, and those under one month of age shared in this reduction. Analysis of Deaths of Infants under One Month of Age, 1932. The following table gives the causes of these deaths during the year : —

Thus 409 of a total of 530 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 409 in a total of 777.

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Notifications. Deaths. Year. Number Rate per 10,000 N , Kate per 10,000 JNumDPr of Mean Population. Number. o f Mean Population 1928 290 2-09 16 0-12 1929 278 1-98 22 0-16 1930 149 1-04 7 0-05 1931 161 1-11 8 0-06 1932 195 1-34 8 0-06

1928 .. 2544 10-74 36-18 1931 .. 22-69 9-46 32-15 1929 .. 23-26 10-84 34-10 1932 .. 21-30 9-92 31-22 1930 .. 24-03 10-45 34-48 I

TTH *!1 111 Ut iMi Cause of Death. U"der ; fi g g. & g| |g fe &g o olj Us g-p S-sa Influenza Syphilis .. .. .. .. .. Meningitis . . .. .. .. ! . . Convulsions .. .. .. .... 1 1 .; Broncho-pneumoiiu .. .. .... 3 2 3 8 Pneumonia .. .. .. .. | .. 2 1 3 Diarrhoea and enteritis .. .. .. I .. 2 1 3 Congenital malformations .. .. 21 56 13 8 c> KM Congenital debility .. .. .. ,S 4 3 ># ] lg Injury at birth.. ...... 11 44 7 g2 Premature birth .. .. .. j 99 74 19 13 7 21? Other diseases .. .. .. .. 22 51 12 5 91 Accidental mechanical suffocation Other causes .. .. .. ..3 10 6 4 6 29 Totals, 1932 .. .. I 164 245 65 31 25 530 Totals, 1931 .. .. 190 281 73 39 21 604 :