VITAL STATISTICS
INCREASE IN DEATHS The outstanding feature of the vital statistics for thg Wellington district during the month ended yesterday was the heavy death roll, there being fifty more deaths recorded than in the preceding month, June, and forty-three more deaths than were registered during July, 1928. Otherwise the returns for last month are round about normal. The following are the exact figures, with interesting comparisons:—
e CHRISTCHURCH. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, July 31. Vital statistics for July were, as follow, the figures for the corresponding month last year being given in parenthesis: — Births 214 (210) Deaths ...... 134 ■ (131) Marriages ... 60 (61)
DUNEDIN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, July 31. Vital statistics for Dunedin for the month of July, with those for the same month last year in parenthesis, are as follow Births 123 (136) Deaths 100 . (98) Marriages .... 56 (44)
July, 1929. June, 1929. July, 1928. Births .. 165 148 • 177 Deaths .. 157 107 114 Marriage notices 100 113 103 Marriages by Registrar ... 39 31 28
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 262, 1 August 1929, Page 8
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166VITAL STATISTICS Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 262, 1 August 1929, Page 8
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