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TABLE III.
Infantile Mortality.
Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One
Year of Age. ^
Causes of Death
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Nett total
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1 year.
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2
3
Measles
5
2
6
1
7
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1
y*
Whooping Cough
—
—
—
—
2
1
1
2
1
—
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Diphtheria
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
I
1
—
Influenza
—
—
—
1
1
1
1
—
Tuberculosis of Nervous
System
/
Tuberculosis of Intestines
and Peritoneum
.—
/
Other Tuberculous
Diseases
/
Syphilis
-
Meningitis
1
1
/
Convulsions
1
Bronchitis
—
—
—
3
6
5
1
12
3
15
7
!
0
Pneumonia
—
1
1
2
5
7
6
4
12
12
24
11
3
1
Other Respiratory
Diseases
1
1
1
1
/
Inflammation of the
/
Diarrhoea and
Enteritis
1
i
4
6
o
2
6
10
16
1
5
6
Hernia, Intestinal Obstruction
___
/
Congenital malformations
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s
4
4
1
1
7
6
n
3
4
4
*
Congenital Debility and
Sclerema
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
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/
Icterus
—
?
Premature Birth
20
3
23
3
11
15
26
5
9
1
Injury at Birth
2
1
—
3
1
2
3
•i
/
Disease of Umbilicus ..
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Atelectasis
1
—
—
1
1
—
2
2
—
Suffocation—in bed or
not stated how
,
/
/
Other causes
2
—
—
2
—
2
—
1
3
2
5
4
1
/
All causes..
29
5
2
2
38
20
28
21
13
67
53
120
43
26
Lire Births / Legitimate .. 1,959*
in the year I Illegitimate .. 42*
Nett Deaths /Legitimate .. ..
in the year (Illegitimate .. .. ^
Kegistrar-Ueneral s figures.
Neo-Natal Death Rate.
1933.
1934.
1935.
1936.
1937.
Average
19331937.
1938.
Nett Births
(Registrar-General)
2,295
2,267
2,215
2,110
2,115
2,200
2,001
Deaths under 1 month..
67
43
52
39
35
47
38
Neo-Natal death rate per
1,000 nett Births
29.2
19.0
23.5
18.5
16.5
21.4
19.0