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Percentage of Deaths at Different Ages to Total Deaths.

TOTAL POPULATION OF WESTERN SAMOA. 31st December, 31st December, T 1926. 1927. increase. Europeans .. .. .. .. 2,552 2,564 12 Samoans .. .. .. .. 38,003 39,215 1,212 Decrease. Chinese labourers . . .. . . 947 939 8 Melanesian labourers . . . . .. 155 147 8 41,657 42,865 1,208 In the above table — " European " means any person other than a Samoan, with the exception of the Chinese and Melanesian labourers employed in Western Samoa, who are here shown under separate headings. Thirteen free Chinese and their Chinese-Samoan descendants are included. " Samoan " means a person belonging to the Polynesian race, whether by pure or mixed descent, but does not include (a) persons registered as Europeans in accordance with any regulations or Ordinances in force in Western Samoa, or (b) the legitimate children of a father who is a European either by birth or by registration as aforesaid. " Chinese labourers " means Chinese under contract to work for a term of years in Western Samoa, and includes also twenty-seven labourers who, by reason of long service in Samoa, have been permitted to remain here. (This refers to Chinese who were in Samoa prior to the British military occupation). " Melanesian labourers" means Solomon-Islanders who were brought to Samoa during the German occupation of this Territory for work, on the plantations. The 147 shown are all those remaining, most of them having been repatriated.

HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1928.

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Number of Deaths. Percentage of Total Deaths. 1925. 1926. 1927. 1925. 1926. 1927. Under 1 week .. .. .. . . 50 31 16 5-83 4-29 3-23 From 1 week to 1 month .. .. 36 22 15 4-20 3-04 3-03 Prom 1 month to 3 months . . .. 51 14 16 5-95 1-94 3-23 From 3 months to 6 months .. .. 100 37 27 11-67 5-12 5*46 From 6 months to 12 months .. .. 142 104 91 16-57 14-39 18-38 From 1 year to 2 years .. .. .. 97 93 55 11-32 12-86 11-11 From 2 years to 3 years .. .. .. 31 32 10 3-62 4-43 2-02 From 3 years to 4 years .. .. \ / 17 8 \ „ „n / 2-35 1-62 From 4 years to 5 years .. .. J \ 16 4 f \ 2-21 0-81 From 5 years to 10 years .. .. 28 27 18 3-27 3-73 3-63 Over lO years .. .. .. .. 293 330 235 34-19 45-64 47-48 857 723 495 100-00 100-00 100-00

Hospitals. ||| Dispensaries. | p _ . .9 a a I a | a « aa i s § $ q «• > ■§ a Stations. So'O & g <g j *55 q. +3 r2 ft £ b C o O ® •- S -s ,2 -2.2 2 ft =5 J£ OflH £ 3 rt rC -« H <3 x H «J H W £> . i (а) In hospital, 1/4/27 .. 82 5 12 3 102 Fagamalo .. 4,975 (a) 10 51 41 Fagaloa .. 3,074 (6) 185 888 305 (б) Admitted during year .. 1,104 74 105 95 1,378 Falelatai* .. 311 (c) 178 850 320 Fusi .. 1,670 (d) 9 41 6 (c) Discharged during year 1,077 66 111 94 1,348 Fasitootai .. 5,786 (e) 8 48 20 Gagaemalae .. 5,731 (d) Died during year .. 45 5 4 2 56 Lefaga .. 3,464 Lufilufi .. 2,115 (e) Remaining, 31/3/28 .. 64 8 2 2 76 Malua .. 5,675 Mulifanua .. 4,135 Samataitai .. 4,531 Out-patients attendances, 41,541 7,059 5,635 6,927 ; 120,191 Satalo* .. 6,017 including dressings j Sataua .. 3,046 Treatments for yaws, N.A.B. 4,473 1,625 626 726 7,450 Satupaitea .. 5,653 Vaiala* .. 1,054 Treatment for hookworm .. 60 .. 442 104 606 Lotofaga .. 1,788 Operations— Major .. .. 218 57 42 317 Total .. 59,029 Minor .. .. 992 29 185: 24 1,230 * Returns incomplete. Vaiala closed 17th September; Falelatai closed 20th October. The above figures do not include children seen in our child-welfare work, cases attended to at mission stations where no nurse is stationed, nor the numbers visited by members of the European staff.