VITAL STATISTICS
FIGURES FOR JUNE...' For the month ending Saturday at midday, the vital statistics were as follow (tho figures for June of last year being given for the sake of comparison):— 1918. 1917. Births '140 192 Deaths 72 81 Marriages 7fi 85 (in office) 2-1 30 The figures for tho half-year (with the usual comparison) are:— Births 1128 1289 Deaths 413 452 Marriages 507 f>22 It will 1)0 seen from the above figures that there is a very serious fnlling-ofl' in the rute of births for 'June—a decline of 52 in practically 28 days Tho figures for the one month may not , bo taken as an indication of a_ serious decline in the birth-rate in Wellington; yet it will ho noted that for the six months ended on ■Saturday the falling off (as compared with tho figures for tho corresponding half of last year) is a certain thing. During the six,months tho falling off ha 3 amounted to 161.-
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 242, 1 July 1918, Page 8
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160VITAL STATISTICS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 242, 1 July 1918, Page 8
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