CHILD MORTALITY.

Shannon News, 7 November 1924, Page 3

CHILD MORTALITY.

DOMINIONS SPLtENDID EXAMPLE

TRIBUTE T.Q PLUNKET SOCIETY. The following table of statistics demonstrates markedly the splendid example ;the Dominion is setting, other countries and British Dominions in reference to child mortality, and as stated in a recent speech by the Gov-ernor-General, much credit must be given the New Zealand Society fur Health of Women and Children (Piunket system) for this happy position.

Deatftis from infantile ddaxrhaea and enteritis iQif children under two years of age; ainnual mortality per 1000 births for the la s .t five years (I=9lß-22), according to the latest available statistics are as follow: — - Deaths per 1000 of births; New Zealand, 3,5; New Zealand (four main cities), 2.4; Dunedin, 0.8; Australian Comonwealth, 18;. New South Wales, 19; Sydney, 22; Tasmania, 14; Hobart, 18; Great Britain, 15; Liverpool (highest), 21; Bournemouth (lowest), 5; Canada, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, 24; South Africa, (white), 23; Netherlands. 18; Switzerland, . 14; United States of American-average of seven cities: Boston, New York, Pnnadelphia, Washington, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, 15. No deaths occurred in Dunedin in the last two years. This city is the seat of the longest and most intensive education of mothers in New Zealand. The returns for Great Britain, Liverpool and Bournemouth are for the last three years available, Bournemouth is an ideal residential centre for the south of England, a kind of garden city • for the well-to-do. From Canada, to the end of the list, only two tq three years' statistics are available; while no returns are available for U.S.A. as a whole, or tor States., ' " .