View report page

86
ten years 1929 to 1938, 147 (or 42.6 per cent.) died within the first week, and
328 (or 92.2 per cent.) died within the first month.
The second table shows that there was a slight increase in the number of
premature infants who died later than the first week and before the end of the first
month.
DEATHS IN AGE GROUPS
Table No. 20 opposite page 28 gives particulars of the deaths at different ages
under one year. Of the total of 75, 11 (14.67 per cent.) occurred on the first day of life;
23 (30.67 per cent.) within the first week ; 28 (37.33 per cent.) in the first month ;
11 (14.67 per cent.) between 1 and 3 months ; 17 (22.07 per cent.) between 3 and
6 months ; 11 (14.67 per cent.) between 6 and 9 months, and 8 (10.67 per cent.)
between nine months and one year. The following table sets out these particulars
for the last ten years:—

ILLEGITIMATE DEATH RATE
Of the 52 illegitimate births, in 3 or 5.77 per cent., death occurred before the
child reached the age of one year, which corresponds to an infantile mortality rate of
58 per 1,000 births. This is a decrease as compared with 1937.