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Analysis of Deaths of Infants Under One Month, 1945

Still-births.—The still-births for Europeans registered in 1947 numbered 911, giving a rate of 19*92 per 1,000 total births. This is the first occasion on which the still-birth rate has been below 20 per 1,000 births, the previous lowest figure (1946) being 21*75 per 1,000 total births. No figures are available for Maori still-births. The following table shows the death-rates for still-births and deaths of infants under one month of age for the years 1942-47 :

Rates Per 1,000 Total Births

Maternal Mortality.—Here again the Maori figures are not available. For Europeans the maternal-mortality rate, including deaths from septic abortion, was 1-07 per 1,000 live births, as compared with 2-05 in 1946. After excluding deaths from septic abortion, the rate was 0-85 (1*76 in 1946).

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(Europeans only) Cause of Death. Under One Day. One Day and Under One Week. One Week and Under Two Weeks. Two Weeks and Under Three Weeks. Three Weeks and Under One Month. Total. Diphtheria Whooping-cough Influenza Syphilis Convulsions Broncho-pneumonia .. Pneumonia Diarrhoea and enteritis Congenital malformations Congenital debility .. Injury at birth Premature birth Other diseases of early infancy Other causes 21 6 33 244 36 4 1 *6 3 2 49 6 71 131 57 5 1 6 1 22 1 11 16 10 8 1 4 1 3 7 4 4 2 4 1 i I I I 4 1 2 2 4 1 2 2 1 i7 6 6 103 13 120 397 107 25 Totals — 1946 1945 1944 1943.. 1942 1941 344 312 289 254 260 280 331 293 270 284 269 293 76 70 76 61 54 70 30 28 43 25 26 38 18 22 14 21 25 21 799 725 692 645 629 702

(Europeans only) Year. Still-births. Under One One Day and Under Two Two Days and Under One One Week and Under Two Weeks and Under Day. Days. Week. Two Weeks. One Month. 1942 25-85 7-54 2-50 6-16 1-57 1-48 1943 26-25 8-16 3-53 6-59 1-96 1-48 1944 23-23 8-40 2-50 6-35 2-21 1-66 1945 22-84 8-24 2-43 5-30 1-85 1-32 1946 21-75 8-04 2-90 4-84 1-77 112 1947 19-92 7-87 2-89 4-44 1-31 1-20