VITAL STATISTICS
BETTER HEALTH RETURNS BIRTH REGISTRATIONS DECREASE Statistics for Wanganui were available yesterday, the figures showing a decrease in the noticeable infectious diseases, as compared with the returns for November of last year, but also disclosing an increase in the number of djeaths and a decrease in the total births. Details are as follows, the figures for November 1926 being given in paren theses: — Vital statistics: Births 55 (65), deaths 25 (23), marriages 14 (19), marriages in office 3 (1). Health returns: Diphtheria 2 (4), scarlet fever 3 (1), erysipelas 2 (1), chicken pox 1 (nil), pneflmonia nil (2), tuberculosis nil (1).
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20013, 2 December 1927, Page 6
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103VITAL STATISTICS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20013, 2 December 1927, Page 6
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