Vital Statistics.
i ♦ FIGURES FROM NEW SOUTH .7 / WALES.* ■ ;i USE pF'.MATR^bNIA^ United' Press Association,— By ,ElecTelegraph". -^-Gopy'righti ' Beceiyed, February 19, 10.43 a.m. , ' Sydney, February'l9.; The vital statistics for last year shbw thattnere were 13,000 births 1 and "5937 deaths.' ' The death rate now stands at 11*81 per thousand; -being a decrease on thac of the previous year. Cancer and phthisis show an increase, , while pneumonia -has ■< increased 21. per cenk.,' , ;,. 4 , " ' The marriage rpte, was higher, than for 10 years past. Twenty per cent, of the: marriages were contracted, at matrimonial agencies. • - , 7 . - > *
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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12195, 19 February 1903, Page 5
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94Vital Statistics. Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12195, 19 February 1903, Page 5
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