The extent to which the native and foreign mothers in Johnstown relinquished a part of their household duties as the time for their confinement approached is shown below: TABLE 26.—DISTRIBUTION OF BIRTHS ACCORDING TO TIME OF THE MOTHER’S RELINQUISHMENT OF PART OF HOUSEHOLD DUTIES BEFORE CONFINEMENT, BY NATIVITY OF MOTHER. ════════════════════════════════════════════╤════════╤════════╤════════ TIME OF RELINQUISHMENT OF PART OF HOUSEHOLD │ All │ To │ To DUTIES BEFORE CONFINEMENT. │births. │ native │foreign │ │mothers.│mothers. ────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────┼────────┼──────── All mothers │ 1,551│ 860│ 691 ════════════════════════════════════════════╪════════╪════════╪════════ No household duties relinquished to day of │ 1,350│ 695│ 655 confinement │ │ │ Part of duties relinquished: │ │ │ Less than 7 days before confinement │ 3│ 1│ 2 7 to 13 days before confinement │ 7│ 5│ 2 2 weeks to 1 month before confinement │ 16│ 12│ 4 1 month or more before confinement │ 174│ 146│ 28 Had no household duties │ 1│ 1│ ────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────┴────────┴──────── Among the 174 babies of mothers who relinquished part of their household duties a month before confinement, the infant mortality rate was 112.5, as compared with 136.7 for those of other mothers. TABLE 27.—DISTRIBUTION OF BIRTHS AND OF DEATHS DURING FIRST YEAR, AND INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ACCORDING TO TIME OF RELINQUISHMENT OF PART OF HOUSEHOLD DUTIES OF MOTHER BEFORE CONFINEMENT. ══════════════════════════════════╤════════╤════════╤════════╤═════════ TIME OF RELINQUISHMENT OF PART OF │ │ │ Deaths │ Infant HOUSEHOLD DUTIES BEFORE │ All │ Live │ during │mortality CONFINEMENT. │births. │births. │ first │ rate. │ │ │ year. │ ──────────────────────────────────┼────────┼────────┼────────┼───────── All mothers │ 1,551│ 1,463│ 196│ 134.0 ══════════════════════════════════╪════════╪════════╪════════╪═════════ No cessation or less than 1 month │ 1,376│ 1,302│ 178│ 136.7 1 month or more │ 171│ 160│ 18│ 112.5 No housework │ 1│ 1│ │ ──────────────────────────────────┴────────┴────────┴────────┴─────────