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The following table shows details of infant mortality for the years 1940-46 inclusive :

Infant Mortality in New Zealand, 1940-46 (per 1,000 Live Births) (Europeans only)

Analysis of Deaths of Infants under One Month, 1945

Still-births.—The registered still-births were 21-75 per 1,000 total births for Europeans. The corresponding Maori figure is not available. The following table shows the death-rates for still-births and deaths of infants under one month of age for the years 1941-46 :

Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Europeans only)

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Year. Under One Month. One Month and under Twelve Months. Total under Twelve Months. 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 22 03 20-00 18-73 21-27 20-60 19-59 19-08 8-18 9-77 9-98 10-10 9-52 8-40 7-02 30-21 29-77 28-71 31-37 30-12 27-99 26-10

Under One Day. One Day and One Week and Two Weeks Three Weeks Cause of Death. under One under Two and under and under Total. Week. Weeks. Three Weeks. One Month. Diphtheria Whooping-cough Influenza Syphilis 1 1 Convulsions 1 Broncho-pneumonia .. 6 6 1 2 15 Pneumonia 2 5 1 L 9 Diarrhoea and enteritis 3 1 1 5 Congenital malforma20 52 21 8 5 106 tions Congenital debility .. 5 9 1 1 16 Injury at birth 39 54 9 1 1 104 Premature birth 216 120 9 9 5 359 Other diseases of early 27 45 8 2 2 84 infancy Other causes 5 4 8 3 5 25 Totals— 1945 312 293 70 28 22 725 1944 289 270 76 43 14 692 1943 254 284 61 25 21 645 1942 260 264 54 26 25 629 1941 280 293 70 38 21 702 1940 288 318 72 26 18 722

Year. Still-births. Under One Day. One Day and under Two Days. Two Days and under One Week. One Week and under Two Weeks. Two Weeks and under One Month. 1941 26-92 7-76 2-49 5-63 1-94 1-64 1942 25-85 7-54 2-50 5-16 1-57 1-48 1943 26-25 8-16 3-53 5-59 1-96 1-48 1944 23-23 8-40 2-50 5-35 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