INFANT MORTALITY
A GRATIFYING DECREASE. RECORD LOW FIGURES. i,By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, October 18. Excellent as has been the improvement effected in tne infant mortality rate in New Zealand during recent years, further falls experienced ,n L>..B completely eclipses all previous achievements. In 1928, only 984 deaths of infants under one year were recorded, an improvement of 96 or 9 per cent on the previous year. AY he reas the infant moitality late per thousand births was 38.74 _ in 1927, in 1928 it fell to 36.18. This phenomenally t»w level has never before been reached in tilts or unv other country.
With this gratifying statement, the Government Statistician, in a report on the Dominion’s vital statistics for 1928, opens the section dealing with infant mortality.
The figures show, that many more bovs fail to survive than girls.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 October 1929, Page 5
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