A chart showing the standardised death rate for the Dominion was exhibited by Dr. Mecredy, M.0.0.H., as Matamata. From 1872 to 1876 the rate was 14.3 per 1000; 1900, 10.2; 1924, 8.6; infantile mortality, 109.3, 75, and down to 40 by 1924. Thisi showed the good effects of the precautions taken by the Health Department and the advance of medical science generally. The expectation of the life in the Dominion was 61 years' for males and 63 for females. Agricultural workers had the second highest expectations, but the clergy were the highest of all. Why clergy should top the list he did not know.
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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 159, 18 November 1926, Page 7
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