VITAL STATISTICS.
During . the month .of ■ March Wellington maintained, its reputation for .possessing .'tho lowest doath-rato of the. four, chief cep: : tres. The' proportions "of deaths 't'o .'tho. 1000 of population were .as 'follow:—Wellington .02, Auckland 1.03, Christchurch .65, Diuiedin .04. , Tho -births .in tho four centres ;wero as follow:—Wellington,.l7s, Auckland 176, Christchurch 129, Dimedin 124.' ;(BY ' TEIiKGIt-AI'II—PIIESS ASSOCIATION.) 1 Auckland,' April, 2. Tho; vital statistics for Auckland for tho past - month > are • as-; followßirths 259, deaths 105,' marriages 112. The statistics for tho quarter just .onded are:' Births 780, as -against'* 640' in tho corresponding-quarter last' year; deaths 360, compared with 270; ■ marriages 338, as' against £67. •••Tho "increase of births for tho past quarter was' 140. Deaths--" increased by 90, • and marriages by '51. The excessive mortality is attributed tOi the cpideinio of sickncus which had been prevalent', -
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 163, 3 April 1908, Page 9
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140VITAL STATISTICS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 163, 3 April 1908, Page 9
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