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Deaths of Infants under One Year, and Proportion to Births.

Rate of Infantile Mortality.

The principal causes of mortality in children under one year for New Zealand are given, with the numbers of deaths for five years from such causes. Premature birth stands first in order of

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De; iths of Infa: its under 1 Year of Agi Total Births registered in each Year, and Mean of 10 Years. Proportion of Deaths of Infants under 1 Year to every 1,000 Birthe Year. Under 1 Month. 1 Month and under 3 Months. 3 Months and under 6 Months. 6 Mouths and under 12 Months. Total under 12 Months. 903 .904 905 .906 .907 .908 .909 .910 911 .912 692 669 714 717 763 810 794 786 751 827 346 260 285 247 446 242 285 298 217 188 367 356 290 244 500 347 258 333 234 192 365 331 310 298 519 362 297 343 282 202 1,770 1,616 1,599 1,506 2,228 1,761 1,634 1,760 1,484 1,409 21,829 22,766 23,682 24,252 25,094 25,940 26,524 25,984 26,354 27,508 81-08 70-98 67-52 62-10 88-79 67-89 61-60 67-73 56-31 51-22 Means of ten years ... 752 282 312 331 1,677 24,993 67-09 Note.—The total numi ler of death: of infants mder 1 yei .r for the pi iriod includ' id in the table ii 16,767.

Countiy or City. Year. Bate of infantile Mortality per l,00C Births. ; Birth- ! rate. Country or City. Year. Bate of Infantile Mortality perl.OOU Births. Birthrate. New Zealand Auckland Wellington Christchurch Dunedin Australian Commonwealth Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Brisbane Perth Hobart United Kingdom England and Wales London Scotland Edinburgh Glasgow Ireland Dublin Belfast 1912 j> )) >? 1910 )J !) )) ) J 55 51 57 61 60 38 75 84 93 78 84 79 119 118 109 103 121 118 139 92 142 143 135 118 147 99 93 78 94 123 118 26-5 29-7 27-5 28-3 27-1 26-7 26-5 23-3 25-8 28-3 28-9 28-9 26-3 25-6 23-6 27-2 21-3 27-7 23-5 28-3 27-8 19-7 18'0 24-9 29-1 25-4 23-6 29-6 28-3 26-1 Norway Christiania Sweden Stockholm Finland Russia (European) St. Petersburg Moscow German Empire Berlin Hamburg Dresden Breslau Munich Switzerland Spain Italy Milan Austria Vienna Prague Trieste Hungary Budapest Servia Bulgaria Ceylon Japan Ontario (Canada) Jamaica Chile .. 1908 1910 1908 1910 1909 1903 1910 1907 1910 j) 76 83 85 92 111 256 262 297 176 157 149 129 188 166 108 173 153 113 204 176 164 190 212 148 158 170 202 157 124 174 320 26-2 23-5 25-7 23-2 31-3 48-1 27-8 35-9 32-3 21-5 23-2 21-6 27-5 23-4 27-1 334 33-4 23-3 33-8 19-9 19-2 32-9 37-0 26-5 36-8 40-4 36-7 33-9 24-9 37-8 39-3 1908 1909 1910 1908 1911 j> )) 1908 1906 1908 1910 1907 1910 1909 1910 France Paris Belgium The Netherlands The Hague Amsterdam Rotterdam Denmark Copenhagen .. 1907 1910 1908 1909 1910 )! 1909 1910 1908 ?) 1909 1908 1908 1910 1909 1908