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Analysis of Deaths of Infants under one Month of Age, 1939. The following table gives the causes of these deaths during the year : —

The following table shows for the past five years the death-rate per 1,000 total births for still-births and for live births at various ages up to one month.

Rates per 1,000 Total Births.

SECTION 2.—NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. Attached are tables showing the notifications of infectious and other notifiable diseases during 1939. Tables A, B, and C deal with Europeans only. The year was a quiet one, with less than the usual prevalence of infectious disease, the total number of notifications of these and other notifiable diseases being 530 less than during the previous year. From Table D it will be seen that notifications of infectious diseases amongst the Maoris increased from 423 in 1938 to 452 in 1939. Tuberculosis of the respiratory system showed an increase of 64 cases. The problem of tuberculosis in the Maori population is one giving considerable concern to the Department, which is increasing the provision of facilities for treatment.

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frSif TT1 °3 s T3 £ T3 4) DT) d Cause of Death. ' & §5= Total. One Day. § „ g <* I 5 §o <§SJ5 £SJ |§<§ Diphtheria Whooping-cough Influenza .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 Syphilis Convulsions .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 Broncho-pneumonia .. .. .... 1 3 2 3 9 Pneumonia .. .. .. .... 1 2 1 1 5 Diarrhoea and enteritis .. .. .. .. 2 2 .. .. 4 Congenital malformations .. 27 53 16 7 3 106 Congenital debility .. .. .. 4 4 3 1 .. 12 Injury at birth .. .. .. 30 37 6 4 1 78 Premature birth .. .. .. 184 91 10 6 .. 291 Other diseases of early infancy .. 27 52 14 5 2 100 Accidental mechanical suffocation Other causes .. .. .. .. .. 8 6 4 5 23 Totals, 1939 .. .. 272 249 64 30 15 630 Totals, 1938 .. .. ..222 307 71 34 24 658

TTnrinr One Day Two Days One Week w W ? Year. Still Births. n n and under and under and under Weeks One Day. Tw0 DayB Qne Week . Two Weeks . and under 1935 .. .. .. .. 29-87 7-93 2-91 6-52 2-19 1-82 1936 .. .. .. .. 28-63 8-88 3-01 5-55 2-54 1-68 1937 .. .. .. .. 28-42 9-11 2-32 6-61 2-20 1-35 1938 .. .. .. .. 26-54 7-93 3-04 7-93 2-54 2-07 1939 .. .. .. .. 30-27 9-15 2-32 6-05 2-15 1-52