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Deaths from tuberculosis, pulmonary forms, 1945 and 1944: 1945. 1944. Europeans .. .. .. .. 497 485 Maoris .. .. .. .. .. 292 285 789 770 Deaths from tuberculosis, non-pulmonary (other forms), 1945 and 1944 : 1945. 1944. Europeans .. .. .. .. 106 106 Maoris .. .. .. .. 81 87 % 187 193

Death-rates, all Forms

It is of interest to note that—(l) European male deaths from all forms (365) exceed the female deaths (238): (2) Maori female deaths from all forms (190) exceed the Maori male deaths (183): (3) The crude death-rate of the combined races (5-77) is slightly lower than for last year (5-96) : (4) The total number of deaths in 1945 exceeds the deaths for 1944 by 13 : (5) The European death-rate is slightly reduced and the Maori death rate is slightly increased over the 1944 rate. Further Register details (31st December, 1945) show a New Zealand incidence as follows: — (1) Sex incidence — 1945. 1944. Males, both races .. .. .. ..4,951 4,230 Females, both races .. .. .. .. 4,136 3,501 (2) Disposition of notified cases — 1945. 1944. 1943. Supervised in hospitals .. .. 1,116 1,114 954 Supervised in sanatoria .. .. 706 661 - 577 Total in institutions .. .. 1,822 1,775 1,531 Supervised in own homes .. ' .. 6,535 5,308 4,707 Supervised in hutments (Maoris) .. 181 182 106 Supervised in boardinghouses, or nomadic 539 466 428 Totals .. .. .. 9,077 7,731 6,772 5. Progress of Notified Cases : (a) Returned as disease " deteriorating" or " sta- 1945. 1944. tionary ".. .. .. .. .. 1,068 1,445 (b) Number returned as disease "improving" .. 1,253 1,321 Total (a) and (b) regarded as'' active " .. 2,321 2,766

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Total Deaths. Crude Death-rates per 10,000. 1945. 1944. 1943. North Island 734 6-43 6-81 South Island 242 4-36 4-31 Both Islands — Europeans 603 3-78 3-81 3.72 Maoris 373 37-02 37-40 ' 36-6 Both races 976 5-77 5-96 5-62