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(/) Safotu Hospital was reopened in April with a Native medical practitioner and a trained nurse to assist him. The hospital has been reconditioned, and is now doing good work. There is also a Native trained nurse in the dispensary at Fagamalo. (g) Falelima Hospital is now in charge of a Native medical practitioner, with a trained nurse. Sataua dispensary has a trained Native nurse. Infectious Diseases. These include all cases notified in the Territory during the year : Beriberi, 8 ; bacillary dysentery, 9 ; chicken-pox, 9 ; dengue, 232 ; enteric-fever group, 37 ; erysipelas, 2 ; leprosy, 5 ; lobar pneumonia, 82 ; bronchial pneumonia, 6 ; puerperal septicaemia, 13 ; pulmonary and other tuberculosis, 24 ; syphilis, 1 (sailor on a ship —non-resident). (1) Dengue was prevalent from June to the end of the year. (2) Dysentery (bacillary) began again at the end of 1930. (3) Yaws : 5,560 treatments were given during the year in the Territory. (4) Hookworm : 151 treatments were given ; all mild cases. (5) Leprosy : 5 new cases, of whom 2 died in hospital (1 Samoan male and 1 Samoan female). Four cases in Hospital awaiting transfer to Makogai. At Makogai on the 31st December, 1930 : Half-castes, 1 ; Samoans, 9; Chinese, 1 ; Melanesians, 3(1 Samoan female having been discharged as cured, 27th September, 1930). (6) Enteric-fever group : 37 cases notified in the Territory. Note.—The fact that in some instances above the number of cases reported during the year is less than " admissions " to Apia Hospital shown in a later table is explained by the fact that the latter includes cases reported during the previous year and in hospital on the Ist January, 1930. Quarantine. During the calendar year 113 vessels arrived from overseas, and pratique was granted in every case. Quarantine intelligence service : This has been maintained as described in previous reports. Food and Drugs. The New Zealand Food and Drugs Act, 1908, with its regulations, is in force in Western Samoa. During the year the following foodstuffs were condemned and destroyed under the supervision of the Inspector of Health : Meat in kegs, 290 lb. ; frozen meat, 72 lb. ; canned meat, 174 lb. ; fish, 54 lb. ; fruit, 82 lb. ; fresh meat, 264 lb. ; butter, 30 lb. ; bacon, 42 lb. ; biscuits, 228 lb. There are twenty bakers, fifteen restaurant-keepers, six butchers, and five barbers holding licenses to trade in the Territory. Sanitation. Eighty-nine permits were issued under the Board of Health Regulations ; 12 drainage and plumbing plans were examined, 5 being altered to comply with the above regulations ; septic tanks constructed, 7 ; water-closets installed, 8 ; sinks installed, 18 ; cast-iron baths installed, 2 ; lavatory basins, 12 ; greasetraps installed, 1 ; urinals installed, 2. During the year under review 50 sanitary fittings and 587 ft. of drainage were completed, as against 55 sanitary fittings and 548 ft. of drainage in 1929. Number of loads of rubbish removed to the dump, 1,262. Vital Statistics (Samoan) for the Calendar Year 1930. NATIVE POPULATION, WESTERN SAMOA (ESTIMATED). Males. Females. Total. At Ist January, 1930 .. .. .. .. 20,686 20,036 40,722 Live births during 1930 .. .. .. 668 649 1,317 Arrivals from overseas .. .. .. .. 596 474 1,070 Deaths during 1930 .. .. .. .. 255 224 479 Departures for overseas .. .. .. 541 421 962 Population 31st December, 1930 (estimated) .. 21,154 20,514 41,668 Natural increase .. .. .. .. 413 425 838 Excess of arrivals over departures .. .. 55 53 108 Total increase in population .. .. .. 468 478 946 The percentage increase in population during 1930, according to these figures, is 2-32, as compared with 2-12 in 1929, 1-67 in 1928, and 3-18 in 1927. The arrivals and departures balance each other over a period of years. BIRTHS. The births of 1,317 living children were registered during 1930, giving a birth-rate per 1,000 of mid-year population of 31-97. For 1929, 1928, and 1927 the figures were 1,408, 863, and 1,636, the birth-rates being 34-94, 21-82, and 42-37 respectively. The unreliability of the figures for 1928 has been remarked upon in previous reports.

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