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TABLE B. — Mean Birth Bate in Australasian Colonies and 

 Great Britain (Proportion of Births per 10,000 persons living) 



Name of Country. 



Number of Births per 



.0,000 Persons living. 





Over a Series of Years. 



During 1876. 



South Australia 



392 

 373 



397 



377-1 



Victoria 



322-3 



New South Wales 



376-9 







Queensland 



Tasmania 



New Zealand 



England and Wales 

 Scotland , 



422 

 299 

 409 

 349 

 346 



374-8 

 301-1 

 417-3 



TABLE C. — CAUSES OP DEATH OP INFANTS IN SOUTH 



AUSTEALIA, 1873 to 1875. 



(AEEANGED IN OEDEE OP PATALITT.) 







Number of Deaths of Infants 







Under 1 year of age. 



Order 



Causes of Death. 









of 









Fatality 





Total in 

 3 years. 



1873 



1874 



1875 



1 



Atrophy and Debility 



877 



256 



302 



319 



2 



Convulsions 



454 



125 



148 



181 



3 



Diarrhoea 



423 



103 



165 



155 



4 



Bronchitis 



220 



64 



67 



89 



5 



Premature Birth 



190 



53 



58 



79 



6 



Teething 



187 



54 



61 



72 



7 



Dysentery 



165 



53 



60 



52 



8 



Diseases of Nervous System, 













exclusive of Convulsions . . . 



132 



23 



60 



49 



9 



Measles 



128 



1 



100 



27 



10 



Privation, want of Breastmilk 



78 



17 



25 



36 



11 



Gastritis and Enteritis 



73 



20 



30 



23 



12 



Diseases of Digestive Organs, 

 exclusive of Gastritis and 













Enteritis 



72 



21 



28 



23 



13 



Tabes Mesenterica 



70 



16 



33 



21 



14 



Scarlatina 



69 



2 



9 



58 



15 



Pneumonia 



60 



21 



13 



26 



16 



Hydrocephalus 



53 



17 



25 



11 



17 



Diseases of Eespiratory Organs 

 exclusive of Bronchitis and 













Pneumonia 



52 



22 



9 



21 



18 



Thrush 



43 



14 



16 



13 



19 



Croup 



38 



10 



15 



13 



