A—4

In addition to the above, the following statistics of work carried out by the medical staff during 1948 are of interest: —? Visits by Medical Officer and Samoan medical practitioners .. .. 4,817 Hookworm treatments .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,796 Operations— Apia Hospital— Major .. .. .. ... .. .. .. 163 Minor .. .. .. ..... .. .. 966 Outstations — Major .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 236 Minor .. .. ... .. .. .. .. 2,576 N.A.B. injections .. .. .. .. .. .. 106,675 Inductothermy treatments .. .. .. .. . . 66 Laboratory examinations .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,508 Electro-cardiograms .. .. . . .. .. .. 23 X-ray examinations .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.886

(c) Deaths of Samoans at Different Ages, 1944 to 1948 (Calendar Years)

The Samoan infant-mortality rate (death under one year) was 58-04 per 1,000 births during 1948. Infant-mortality rates during the preceding twenty years are shown below : 1927 .. ..101 1934 .. .. 104-8 1941 .. .. 65-59 1928 .. .. 58 1935 .. .. 97-0 1942 .. .. 72-69 1929 .. .. 70 1936 .. .. 291-77* 1943 .. .. 124-42 1930 .. .. 61 1937 .. .. 89-30 1944 .. .. 75-8 1931 .. ..11l 1938 .. .. 73-79 1945 .. .. 53-8 1932 .. ..121 1939 .. .. 83-56 1946 .. .. 64-05 1933 .. ..114 1940 .. .. 73-80 1947 .. .. 56-94

*Due to epidemics of whooping-cough and measles ; see report for 1936-37, page 22.

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Number of Deaths. . | Percentage of Total Deaths. ' | | 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948. 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947. 1948/ Under 1 week 23 12 47 26 31 3-56 2-35 7-17 4-24 4-80 1 week to 1 month 11 4 23 17 14 1-70 0-77 3-50 2-77 2-17 1 month to 3 months 22 17 25 9 14 3-39 3-33 3-81 1-47 2-17 3 months to 6 months 22 11 - 25 20 27 3-39 2-15 3-81 3-26 4-19 6 months to 12 months 86 65 56 67 79 13-32 12-72 8-54 10-92 12-25 1 year to 2 years 71 70 66 74 93 10-98 13-70 10-06 12-07 14-42 2 years to 3 years 18 24 32 24 36 2-78 4-70 4-88 3-92 5-58 3 years to 4 years 19 16 18 12 15 2-93 313 2-75 1-96 2-33 4 years to 5 years 9 5 16 7 8 1-38 0-98 2-44 1-14 1-24 5 years to 10 years 48 31 40 33 30 7-42 6-07 6-09 5-39 4-65 Over 10 years 318 256 308 324 298 49-15 50-10 46-95 52-86 46-20 Totals 647 511 656 613 645 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00