SYDNEY'S DEATH-RATE.
EXCEPTIONALLY LOW RECORD. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright ;>> , V - Sydney, September 3. . " < The vital statistics for 1907 show that Sydney, with a death rate of 11, per thousand, leads the world in the smallness of ■■■ '_ *< its average mortality. \ For many years New Zealand occupied the premier position in the list of the world's healthiest places, and in many of our towns a still lower rate of mortality : __ can be shown than that of Sydney. The following table gives the death rates per >! 1000 of population in leading centres in various parts of the world for 1906 :— ■ Wellington ... "... L .1." : ;/9*."45 - , Brisbane ... * ..,*r,ioio ; Sydney ... ... ..." '',„ 10.7 <"„ ' 1 Chrietchyrch ... ... ... 11.12 , ,' Auckland ... 12.31 ' _ * Dunediu ;.. ... ,-... ... T&jk,,, -'""' "*'*""**** Melbourne ... ... ... MJWj •'; /! London ... .<. 13.1. Edinburgh •'... I<j# t ..- — \ Perth (W.A.) !.:,'■■ M.l V . - - '' Purl* .. ... I 17*5 :J^^ T ' New York . ... ... h^Xm^'-'^^^'^. Johannesburg i ... - 21.3 I Cairo . ... 35.5 ■ > Madras ... ... ... j /.;.-• 43.8" -- - Bombay ... ... ... * ... s*.*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13846, 4 September 1908, Page 5
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141SYDNEY'S DEATH-RATE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13846, 4 September 1908, Page 5
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