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Table No. I.—Number of Births P.A., Birth-rates, Neo-natal Death, Still-birth, and Maternal Death-rates

Table II. —Puerperal Mortality, 1946 (European), showing Number of Deaths and their Proportion to Live Births

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(Average rates for each quinquennial period from 1926 to 1945 and rates for 1946) *1926-30. 1931-35. ,1936-40. 1941-45. 1946. Number of live births per annum E. 27,420 24,825 27,941 33,918 41,871 M. 1,843 2,847 3,935 4,411 5,776 Live-birth rate E. 19-76 16-98 18-36 . 21-81 25-24 M. 28-40 38-06 45-17 45-56 56-49 Total .. .. 20-13 . 18-00 19-81 23-20 27-05 Still-birth rate per 1,000 total births .. E. 30-68' 28-95 28-49 25-02 2,1-75 Neo-natal death-rate per 1,000 live births E. 24-82 22-34 22-51 20-04 * M. * 20-58 26-07 22-08 * Total * 22-16 22-93 20-25 * Still-birth rate and neo-natal death-rate comE. 54-72 50-64 50-36 44-56 * bined, per 1,000 total births .Maternal-mortality rate (including septic aborE. 4-80 4-47 3-59 2-61 2-05 tion) per 1,000 live births M. * 7-16 5-44 3-18 3-81 Total * 4-75 3-80 2-68 2-27 | Maternal-mortality rate (excluding septic aborE. 4-14 3-29 2-87 2-04 1-76 tion) per 1,000 live births M. * 6-60 4-93 2-73 3-64 Maternal death-rate from septic abortion per E. 0-66 1-18 0-72 0-57 0-29 l',000 live births M. * 0-56 0-51 0-45 0-17 E. = European ; M. = Maori. * Not available.

— Number of Deaths. Death-rate per 1,000 Live Births. Puerperal sepsis following childbirth Accidents of labour— Placenta praevia . Post-partum haemorrhage Puerperal embolism and thrombosis without puerperal sepsis Other— Obstetric shock and heart failure Ruptured uterus > Toxaemia of pregnancy— Eclampsia Puerperal toxaemia (pre-eclamptic) i.. Acute yellow atrophy of liver Accidents of pregnancy— Abortion (non-septic) Ectopic gestation .. .. .. ... Ante-partum haemorrhage, without delivery Puerperal psychosis Total maternal deaths (excluding septic- abortion) Septic abortion — Married Single women ... 5 5" 6 13 >33 4 5 16 y28 4J 51 1 7 1J • 1 0-12 0-79 0-67 0-17 0-02 74 1-76 12 5 J 12 0-29