Vital Statistics.
The Wanganui Herald of last night says : — Wanganui m again to the force as the healthiest) town m the colony,, her death rate being absolutely the lowest of all the sixteen towns classified by the Registrar-General. For the month of December Wanganui was also the lowest, the proportion of deaths to the thousand of population being 0*24, Nel«on coming next with 0 43. For toe whole year Wanganui's proportion was 10*56, Oamaru 10-sl>, Timaru 10*70. The highest was Napier with the alarming proportion of 18*78, due to the typhoid epidemic* Auckland stands next to Napier with 16*64. These records are very satisfactory to Wan* gnnui.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 46, 18 January 1883, Page 2
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107Vital Statistics. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 46, 18 January 1883, Page 2
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