Abstract
ACCORDING to the annual report of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children founded by the late Sir Truby King, the birth–rate of the Dominion in 1939 (excluding Maoris) was 18.73 per 1,000, the highest recorded since 1930. The maternal mortality–rate, excluding septic abortion, was 2.95, and the infantile mortality–rate 3.14 per 1,000 births, almost the lowest ever recorded. The death–rate during the first month of life was 21.8, an improvement on the figure for recent years. The Society has six infants' hospitals in various parts of New Zealand, and the 138 Plunket nurses in its service saw 22,000 new cases during the most recent year and paid 170,000 visits to homes.
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