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Infant Mortality. Deaths (Samoans) at Different Ages.

The infant-mortality rates per 1,000 registered births have been as follows:— Year. Rate. Year. Rate. Year. Rate. 1925 .. .. 186 ' 1931 .. 11l 1936 .. 29177 1926 .. 106 1932 .. 121 1937 .. 89-30 1927 . . .. 101 1933 . . 114 1938 .. 73-79 1928 . 58 1934 . . 104-8 1939 . . 83-56 1929 70 1935 .. 97 0 1940 . . 73-80 1930 . . .. 61 It is gratifying to note that the infant-mortality figure for 1940 has returned to the level of 1938. XVIII.—LAND TENURE. The system of land tenure is fully described in last year's report. XIX.—POPULATION. Statistics for the year ending 31st March, 1941, are given in the following table :—

XX. —PUBLIC WORKS. Owing to the prevailing financial stringency, the construction programme of the Public Works Department was considerably curtailed. A concrete dispensary was erected at Salailua (Savai'i) and a new staff fale for Native nurses at Apia Hospital was completed. Roads. —Some 2,000 ft. of the main Apia-Mulifanua Road was reformed and sealed with bitumen. Other arterial roads received maintenance attention. Sea Walls. —The main sea wall extending from the Customhouse to the Yaisigano River was repaired and extended. Waterworks.—ln several Savai'i villages galvanized-iron tanks of up to 800 gallons capacity have been installed. Cement has also been issued to enable villages to improve their drinking-wells and bathing-pools.

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Number of Deaths. Percentage of Total Deaths. 1938. 1939. 1940. 1938. 1939. 1940. Under 1 week .. .. .. 14 28 25 1 * 89 3*52 3*37 From 1 week to 1 month .. .. 19 11 15 2-57 1*39 2-01 From 1 month, to 3 months .. .. 23 22 25 3*11 2*78 3-37 From 3 months to 6 months .. .. 34 35 29 4-60 4-41 3-91 From 6 months to 12 months .. .. 71 85 68 9*6l 10-70 9-14 From 1 year to 2 years .. .. .. 71 73 86 9-61 9-19 11-57 From 2 years to 3 years .. .. .. 32 55 44 4-33 6-93 5-93 From 3 years to 4 years .. .. .. 20 21 23 2-71 2-65 3-10 From 4 years to 5 years .. .. .. 20 20 9 2-71 2-52 1-21 From 5 years to 10 years .. .. 49 58 51 6-63 7-30 6-86 Over 10 years .. .. .. • ■ 386 386 368 52*23 48*61 49*53 Totals .. .. 739 794 743 100*00 100*00 100*00

f j ' Designation. As at Births. Deaths. Arrivals. Departures. As at Grand M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Europeans .. 255 138 4 3 2.. 88 41 112 54 233 128 301 Persons of part- 1,581 1,422 67 56 4 3 76 93 126 107 1,594 1,461 3,055 Samoan blood Natives .. .. 28,975 28,147 1,231 1,025 414 380 249 190 312 245 29,729 28,737 58,466 Chinese labourers .. 324 .. .. .. 7 .. .. .. .. . • 317 .. 317 Other Chinese .. 7 3 .. 7 3 10 Melanesian labourers 77 1 .. .. .... .. .. .. .. 77 1 78 31,219 29,711 1,302 1,084 427 383 413 324 550 406 31,957 30,330 62,287 Totals .. 8H)~ 737 956 62,287