Breast feeding, wholly or in part, is continued for a longer period by foreign than by native mothers, as indicated in the preceding table, showing that 20.3, 26.1, and 34.1 per cent. of the native mothers’ babies as compared with 6.4, 9.7, and 18.6 per cent. of the foreign mothers’ babies had been weaned from the breast at the age of 3, 6, and 9 months, respectively. TABLE 25.—DISTRIBUTION OF ALL BIRTHS, LIVE BIRTHS, AND STILLBIRTHS AND OF DEATHS DURING FIRST YEAR, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ACCORDING TO SEX OF BABY AND NATIVITY OF MOTHER. ═══════════════════════╤═══════╤═══════╤══════════════╤════════════════ SEX OF BABY AND │ All │ Live │ STILLBIRTHS.│ DEATHS DURING NATIVITY OF MOTHER. │births.│births.│ │ FIRST YEAR. ───────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼──────┬───────┼──────┬───────── │ │ │ │ Rate │ │ Infant │ │ │Total.│ per │Total.│mortality │ │ │ │ 1,000 │ │ rate. │ │ │ │births.│ │ ───────────────────────┼───────┼───────┼──────┼───────┼──────┼───────── BABIES OF NATIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ MOTHERS. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Total number │ 860│ 815│ 45│ 52.3│ 85│ 104.3 ═══════════════════════╪═══════╪═══════╪══════╪═══════╪══════╪═════════ Male: │ │ │ │ │ │ Number │ 433│ 406│ 27│ 62.4│ 46│ 113.3 Per cent. │ 50.3│ 49.8│ 60.0│ │ 54.1│ Female: │ │ │ │ │ │ Number │ 427│ 409│ 18│ 42.2│ 39│ 95.4 Per cent. │ 49.7│ 50.2│ 40.0│ │ 45.9│ │ │ │ │ │ │ BABIES OF FOREIGN │ │ │ │ │ │ MOTHERS. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Total number │ 691│ 648│ 43│ 62.2│ 111│ 171.3 ═══════════════════════╪═══════╪═══════╪══════╪═══════╪══════╪═════════ Male: │ │ │ │ │ │ Number │ 380│ 355│ 25│ 65.8│ 59│ 166.2 Per cent. │ 55.0│ 54.8│ 58.1│ │ 53.2│ Female: │ │ │ │ │ │ Number │ 311│ 293│ 18│ 57.9│ 52│ 177.5 Per cent. │ 45.0│ 45.2│ 41.9│ │ 46.8│ ───────────────────────┴───────┴───────┴──────┴───────┴──────┴───────── MOTHER’S HOUSEHOLD DUTIES, CESSATION AND RESUMPTION OF