47 Ths infantile mortality for the four localities was 75.7 per 1,000 births and in each locality was as follows : — per 1,000 births.

Khartoum Khartoum North Omdurman Rural District 68.9 74.1 87.9 69.7 The infantile mortality for the natives of the Sudan in the four localities was 79.8 per 1,000 births in contrast to 86.1 in 1927.

BIRTHS RECORDED BY MONTHS, LOCALITIES AND SEXES.

Month Khartoum Khartoum North | Omdurman Rural District TOTAL j Still Births M. 1 1 F. M. F. M. 1 1 F. M. F. M. ! F. M. F.

January ... ••• ] 18 | 23 19 32 55 1 56 I 44 48 i 136 159 , j 7 2 February ... 19 20 16 20 49 i 55 41 48 125 143 8 2 March . 22 19 15 24 55 63 43 33 135 139 5 4 * April 24 : 18 16 14 60 75 41 47 141 154 2 9 May... 18 31 21 17 57 66 14 6 110 120 6 1 June 19 23 15 26 59 50 63 53 156 152 9 5 July... 25 23 23 30 74 57 62 67 184 177 9 6 August 23 24 19 22 76 75 23 27 141 148 6 3 September ... 28 23 31 16 69 57 65 56 193 152 2 4 October 25 25 18 20 46 74 79 36 168 155 8 2 November ... 35 16 22 22 78 58 48 63 183 159 12 8 December ... 22 ; 28 : 19 22 73 53 47 52 161 i 155 9 4 Total \ 278 273 234 265 751 739 570 536 1 1833 1813 83 50 551 L 499 L 1,490 1,106 3,646 133