A.—4a.

Western Samoa. — Deaths of Samoans, 1923.

Of the 34 deaths shown as occurring during the first week after birth, the majority occurred during the first few hours of life, and must be regarded as the natural result of native methods of midwifery in cases of difficult labour. It will be noticed that of the 1,398 deaths, 719 were of children who had not reached the age of two years. This is again referred to elsewhere in this report. Nino women died in childbirth.

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1 Age in Weekr s. Age in Mo: iths. $4 r— o $1 12 3 ! 4 1 2 | 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 Savai'i— Male Female 4 5 4 1 2 1 2 4 3 3 2 5 2 3 2 13 4 8 2 9 12 9 8 5 3 6 7 69 47 1 Total .. 4 9 1 3 6 7 5 7 5 17 10 21 17 8 13 116 Upolu— Male Female 10 7 17 8 2 3 3 4 1 8 5 5 5 8 6 11 14 14 7 13 15 10 10 19 17 12 13 26 14 127 106 3 Total . . 17 25 3 5 7 I 13 10 1.4 25 21 28 20 36 25 40 233 ■I Total, Wkstern Samoa — Male Female 196 153 14 7 22 12 3 2 4 4 6 5 2 12 8 8 7 13 8 14 16 27 11 21 17 19 22 28 25 17 16 32 21 Total .. 21 34 3 6 10 7 20 15 21 30 38 38 41 53 33 53 349 * l 2 Age in Years. 3 I 4 5 0 7 8 Age in Years. h .© H © . r-H <D IP "3 °. o II & ■s w s a be | I S 2 o 9 10 Savai'i— Male .. Female. 73 42 r:> 42 18 15 18 15 5 14 5 2 114 3 14 5 1 4 3 .. 2 5 1 1 1 4 A 3 3 2 1 2 j 109 88 91 80 8 4 283 226 2 Total 115 115 33 33 19 19 7 2 5 7 3 7 2 5 7 3 4 2 197 171 12 509 Upolu— Male .. Female 119 82 119 82 30 33 30 33 9 15 9 10 4 8 4 3 15 5 7 11 8 8 10 5 4 7 8 11 4 8 3 9 3 2 2 3 192 175 124 106 7 11 472 416 Total 201 201 63 63 24 24 15 11 19 12 IS 15 11 19 12 12 , 5 5 367 230 18 888 Total, Westben Samoa — Male .. Female 192 125 192 125 48 48 48 48 14 29 14 12 5 9 8 e 29 10 8 15 11 i 12 10 5 8 9 15 8 11 6 9 5 4 2 5 301 264 215 186 15 15 755 643 Grand total 317 317 96 96 43 22 13 24 19 1! 43 22 13 24 19 15 9 7 565 401 30 1,398 Jan. Feb. I Mar. Apri il. [ay. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total. 68 41 44 37 27 . 755 51 32 31 40 30 643 Males . . Females 72 56 67 51 54 62 I 58 '; 44 71 63 104 91 112 92 68 51 Total 128 118 116 ! 102 134 .195 204 119 73 75 77 57 1,398