THE “CITY OF LIFE.”

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 18, 20 January 1913, Page 5

THE “CITY OF LIFE.”

Vital Statistics for Broken-Hill. The Broken-hill birth-rate for 1912 was 39 per 1000, the highest of any city of equal size in the world, and nearly 50 per cent, above the average for the Commonwealth. The marriage-rate was 12 per 1000, which is nearly 50 per cent, above the Commonwealth average of 23 per cent. It is above that of Canada, and 63 .per cent, above the average of the European marriage-rate. The death-rate was 14 per 1000, nearly 4 per 1000 above the Commonwealth average, but below all the European countries ex-

cept Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands. The excessive deatjirate is accounted for by 21 fatal milling acidents of a total of 481 deaths; the epidemic of pneumonia, now happily subsided; the infantile loss, due to a proportion of unsuitable dwellings ; and the breakdown of the sani- ( tat ion of the city, owing to the political party control. The margin between the birth-rate and the .death-, rate is 25 per 1000, by far the highest f in the world. The “Miner,” which publishes these figures, claims for Broken-hill the title of the city of life.