SLEEPY HOLLOW PROTESTS.
. ITS GOOD DIE OLD. [Per Prlss Association.] NELSON. -Sept. 14. In consequence of .certain, statements tnada regardhig tho ■ditmii rate in Nelson City, the Council lately o-rd'eml a ta-hulatfd return. This -\va/s prescn t.f d t.o the- Council last night, and deals with tlie> past, four months. During tlhat pfrici there vrre 49 deaths, but only 27 properly belonged to the city, 12 hp.ing: new arrival? mid 10 being residents of country dis-lricts. Of the. 27, 16 were over sixty years, Kiid the average was 51 years, or t-xchidirg infants under ons year, 69' yeaas. Tiio dearth into per thousand per annum is 11.5, <v- e.xcluriiiiy: 'tho.se under (jr.* year, 8.5. The average ;tge for the colony for 1899 was 35.53. The return was regarded us very satisfactory, aii-d it was resolved that it should be prepared a-nnuaJly in future. The death rate is swtiMed by a large numbEir of invalids who ccme here and die, and this ha^ le<l to ifhe stwtemeiit that Nelson 13 unlieakhy.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7203, 14 September 1901, Page 5
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170SLEEPY HOLLOW PROTESTS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7203, 14 September 1901, Page 5
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