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Outlying Areas. —Three visits of inspection of outlying areas were carried out during the year, one round Savai'i took fourteen weeks, one round Upolu eight and a half weeks, and the third, one to Apolima and Manono oiie week. General. —The Clinic building, equipment, and materials are in good order and condition.

Infant Mortality Deaths (Samoans) at Different Ages

The infant-mortality rate was 64-05 per 1,000 births. A table setting out the rate of deaths under one year per 1,000 registered births during the last twenty years is set out below:— 1926 .. ..106 1933 .. ..114 1940 .. .. 73-80 1927 .. ..101 1934 .. .. 104-8 1941 .. .. 69-59 1928 .. .. 58 1935 .. .. 97-0 1942 .. .. 72-69 1929 .. ..70 1936 .. .. 291-77* 1943 .. .. 124-42 1930 .. .. 61 1937 .. .. 89-30 1944 .. .. 75-8 1931 .. ..11l 1938 .. .. 73-79 1945 .. .. 53-8 1932 .. .. 121 1939 .. .. 83-56 1946 .. .. 64-05 * Due to epidemics of whooping-cough and measles ; see report for 1936-37, page 22. XVII. LAND TENURE Under the Samoa Act, 1921, all land is legally—(a) Crown land, vested in the Crown free from Native title or any estate in fee-simple, of which there are (including New Zealand Reparation Estates)* 103,630 acres; or (5) European land, being land held from the Crown for an estate in fee-simple, of which there are 40,000 acres; or (c) Native land, being land vested in the Crown but held by Samoans by Native title and not by grant from the Crown of which there are 581,370 acres. " Native title " means title to land in accordance with the customs and usages of the Samoan race,

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Number of Deaths. Percentage of Total Deaths. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. Under 1 week 28 35 23 12 47 4-32 2-73 3-56 2-35 7-17 1 week to 1 month 10 19 11 4 23 1-54 1-49 1-70 0-77 3-50 1 month to 3 months 11 43 22 17 25 1-71 3-36 3-39 3-33 3-81 3 months to 6 months 31 55 22 11 25 4-79 4-30 3-39 215 3-81 6 months to 12 months 64 143 86 65 56 9-89 11-18 13-32 12-72 8-54 1 year to 2 years 68 173 71 70 66 10-52 13-53 10-98 13-70 10-06 2 years to 3 years 38 67 18 24 32 5-86 5-24 2-78 4-70 4-88 3 years to 4 years 26 47 19 16 18 4-02 3-67 2-93 3-13 2-75 4 years to 5 years 9 19 9 5 16 1-39 1-49 1-38 0-98 2-44 5 years to 10 years 37 74 48 31 40 5-72 5-79 7-42 6-07 6-09 Over 10 years 325 604 318 256 308 50-24 47-22 49-15 50-10 46-9") Totals .. 647 1,279 647 511 656 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00