Mortality among aged people in Christchurch during tho present winter has been considerably* higher than the average, possibly ns a result of the severely cold weather. Of the 426 deaths that occurred in May. .June, and .Inly, 193, or over 48 per cent, were of people 70 years and over.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18466, 3 August 1934, Page 5
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