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In Wellington, from Ist January, 1890, to 30th June, 1892, exactly 400 cases of typhoid fever were treated in the Wellington Hospital. In 1938 there were 57 cases of typhoid fever and 7 of paratyphoid fever notified for the whole Dominion, Maoris excluded. The accompanying table shows the average annual crude death-rate per 10,000 of population for quinquennial periods since 1874.
Typhoid Fever Death-rates, 1874-1938.
Infant Mortality. Deaths of infants numbered 971, and the infant-mortality rate was 35-63 pet 1,000 live births, compared with 31-21 in 1937. ♦
Infant Mortality in New Zealand, 1931-38 (per 1,000 Live Births).
Analysis of Deaths of Infants under one Month of Age, 1938. The following table gives the causes of these deaths during the year : —•
Investigation is at present being made into the marked rise in the infant-mortality rate, a rise which, makes it higher than in any year since 1928. A few comments, are, however, possible.
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Period. A T a ?t Period. Av ® ra g® Al ™ ual Death-rate. Death-rate. 1874-78 .. .. .. 4-78 1909-13 .. .. .. 0-57 1879-83 .. .. .. 3-32 1914-18 .. .. .. 0'38 1884-88 .. .. .. 2-22 1919-23 .. .. .. 0-31 1889-93 .. .. .. 1-94 1924-28 .. .. .. 0-12 1894-98 .. .. .. 1-58 1929-33 .. .. .. 0-08 1899-1903.. .. .. 0-95 1934-38 .. .. 0'05 1904-08 .. .. .. 0-69
v> Under Total under I v , ' Under One Month and Tota , under e,lr " One Month. Months Twelve Months. oar - i One Month. ve [Twelve Months. 1931 .. 22-69 9-46 32-15 1935 .. 22-03 10-23 32-26 1932 .. 21-30 9-92 31-22 1936 .. 22-31 8-65 30-96 1933 .. 22-81 8-79 31-64 1937 .. 22-22 8-99 31-21 1934 . 22-86 I 9-25 32-11 1938 .. 24-15 i 11-48 : 35-63
' TTrl I "d ® ■ S 1 ! g & T? J" I Ji I Cause of Death. j i o 315 3 15 [S 3 5 £ s)| Total. One Day. J | ■ WO C J aJQ « I I I I H 1 H ' Diphtheria Whooping-cough Influenza .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 Syphilis Convulsions .. .. .. .. .. 4 3 1 .. 8 Broncho-pneumonia .. .. .... 5 3 3 4 15 Pneumonia .. .. .. .... 3 3 1 1 8 Diarrhoea and enteritis .. .. .... 2 1 2 1 6 Congenital malformations .. 20 58 21 9 3 111 Congenital debility .. .. .. 3 5 2 1 .. 11 Injury at birth .. .. .. 30 65 6 3 3 107 Premature birth .. . . .. 147 102 20 10 2 281 Other diseases of early infancy .. 21 55 7 3 I 87 Accidental mechanical suffocation Other causes .. .. .. .. 1 8 4 1 9 23 Totals, 1938 .. .. 222 . 307 71 34 24 658 Totals, 1937 .. .. 244 239 59 26 10 578
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