MORTALITY STATISTICS.
HEALTHY MOVEMENTS IN NEW . SOUTH WALES. . . ■ By Telegraph—l>resß . Sydney,. October 27.. The number of marriages in New South Wales last year was the highest on reoord,. the rate being the highest since 1886. ■_, ' . ... . -.; ; .' ..; The- death-rate was 9 per, centum bolow the mean rate' for the past ten yeara. Deaths from cancer doubled in twenty years. Deaths from tuberculosis during the past year were G per centum below the average for the last five years. This result is largely attributed to the working of the Dairies Supervision, Diseased Meat, and Public Health' Acts.' ' The excess of births over .deaths totalled 27,929. .:"■■.■ The population of the State at the end of the year 'was 1,645,444. , V
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 959, 28 October 1910, Page 5
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116MORTALITY STATISTICS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 959, 28 October 1910, Page 5
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