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An analysis of the death of infants under one month for the year 1947 is given. Ibelow

Table 2—Analysis of Deaths of Infants Under One Month, 1947

The following tables show details of infant mortality for the years 1939-48:

Table 3—Infant Mortality in New Zealand, 1939-48 (Per 1,000 Live Births)

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(Europeans only) 1 One Day and One Week and Two Weeks Three Weeks Cause of Death. U nder One Under One Under Two and Under and Under Total. Day. Week. Weeks. Three Weeks. One Month. Diphtheria Whooping-cough Influenza .. . i .Syphilis •Convulsions 1 1 Broncho-pneumonia .. 3 4 17 Pneumonia 1 2 5 Diarrhoea and enteritis "! 3 2 5 Congenital malforma28 60 8 13 . 7 116 tions •Congenital debility 2 3 1 .. - 6 Injury at birth 59 72 11 4 146 Premature birth 224 137 21 3 2 387 •Other diseases of early 45 , 52 6 4 3 110 infancy "Other causes 2 3 6 2 4 17 Totals — 1947 360 335 60 32 23 810 1946 344 331 76 30 18 799 1945 312 293 70 28 22 725 1944 289 270 76 43 14 692 1943 254 284 61 25 21 645

(Europeans) Year. Under One Day. One Day and Under One Week. One Week and Under Two Weeks. Two Weeks and Under One Month. Total Under One Month. One Month and Under Twelve Months. Total Under Twelve Months. 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 9-43 8-79 7-98 7-74 8-38 8-60 8-43 8-22 8-03 6-65 8-64 9-70 8-35 7-86 9-37 8-04 7-92 7-90 7-48 7-04 2*22 2-20 1-99 1-61 2-01 2-26 1-89 1-81 1-34 1-09 1-56 1-34 1-68 1-52 1-52 1-70 1-35 115 1-23 1-00 21-85 22-03 20-00 18-73 21-28 20-60 19-59 19-08 18-08 15-78 9-29 8-18 9-77 9-98 10-09 9-52 8-40 7-02 6-96 6-15 31-14 30-21 29-77 ' 28-71 31-37 30-12 27-99 26 10 25-04 21-93