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Table I. —Births, Birth-rates, Still-birth Rates, Neo-natal Death-rates, and Maternal Death-rates.

Table II. —Puerperal Deaths and Death-rate per 1,000 Live Births.

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1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. 1940. Number of births .. .. European 27,881 27,200 26,747 26,797 26,622 24,884 24,334 24,322 23,965 24,837 26,014 27,249 28,833 32,771 Maori 1,495 1,845 2,216 2,124 2,312 2,745 2,948 2,981 3,251 3,630 3,971 3,693 4,116 4,265 Birth-rate per 1,000 population European 20-29 19-57 19-03 18-83 18-45 17-12 16-63 16-51 16-17 16-64 17-29 17-93 18-73 21-19 Maori 23-22 28-36 33-58 31-56 33-74 39-28 41-20 40-67 43-34 43-79 46-64 42-37 46-20 46-87 Still-birth rate per 1,000 total ♦ 30-53 29-92 31-50 31-27 29-49 29-11 28-82 27-47 29-87 28-63 28-42 26-54 30-27 28-60 births Neo-natal death-rate per 1,000 * 21-94 22-65 19-59 21-18 19-83 18-49 19-92 20-80 19-55 19-99 20-24 21-44 19-67 20-09 total births Still-birth rate and neo-natal * 52*47 52-57 51-09 52-45 49-32 47-60 48-74 47-27 49-42 48-62 48-66 47-98 49-94 48-69 death-rate combined Percentage oftirst births to total * 31-99 31-65 32-62 34-47 33-71 44-02 33-81 34-60 35-63 38-04 39-87 40-88 41-40 41-69 births Total maternal mortality, European 4-91 4-93 4-82 5-08 4-77 4-06 4-44 4-85 4-21 3-70 3-61 4-07 3-64 2-92 including septic abortion (per Maori 8-70 13-55 5-87 9-89 6-92 7-65 8-14 6-04 7-38 5-51 6-55 5-41 4-62 4-69 1,000 live births) Maternal mortality per 1,000 European 4-41 4-42 4-11 3-96 3-68 3-02 3-37 3-12 3-25 3-14 2-69 2-97 2-95 2-50 live births, excluding septic Maori t t t 9-42 6-92 7-65 7-46 5-03 6-46 4-96 5-79 5-41 4-13 3-99 abortion Death-rate from septic abortion European 0-50 0-51 0-1 1 12 1-09 1-04 1-07 1-73 0-96 0-56 0-92 1-10 0-69 0-43 per 1,000 live births Maori f f t •• •• 0-68 1-01 0-92 0-55 0-76 .. 0-49 0-70 ♦ European only. t Not available.

1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937. j 1938. 1939. 1940. Puerperal sepsis following child- No. 56 42 30 27 18 13 14 17 8 9 14 21 16 13 birth Rate 2-01 1-54 1-12 1 01 0-68 0-52 0-58 0-70 0-33 0-36 0-54 0-77 0-55 0-40 Accidents of labour (hsBmorr- No. 35 30 39 36 31 30 29 19 24 25 12 29 42 28 hages, shock, embolism, and Rate 1-26 1 10 1-46 1-34 1-16 1-21 1-19 0-78 1-00 1-01 0-46 1-06 1-46 0-85 accidents of childbirth not otherwise defined) Toxaemia and eclampsia .. No. 27 40 34 36 38 23 29 30 34 30 35 29 24 30 Rate 0'97 1-47 1-27 1-34 1-43 0-92 1-19 1-24 1-42 1-20 1-35 1-06 0-83 0-92 Accidents of pregnancy (non- No. 5 8 7 7 11 9 10 10 12 14 9 2 3 11 septic abortion and ectopic Rate 0'18 0-29 0-26 0'26 0'41 0-36 0'41 0'41 0-50 0'57 0-34 0-07 0 11 034 gestation) Total maternal deaths (cx- No. 123 120 110 106 98 75 82 76 78 78 72 81 85 82 eluding septic abortion) Rate 4-41 4-42 4 11 3-96 3-68 3-02 3-37 3-12 3-25 3-14 2-69 2-97 2-95 2-50 Septic abortion — Married women .. .. No. \ ,, 1Q / 26 26 24 16 29 17 13 16 20 11 9 Single women .. .. No. / 14 14 1J \ 4 3 2 10 13 6 1 7 10 9 5 Totals .. .. 14 14 19 30 29 26 26 42 23 14 23 30 20 14 Rate .. .. 0-50 0-51 0-71 1-12 1-09 1 04 1 07 1-73 0-96 0-56 0-92 1-10 0-69 0-43