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Birth-Rate and Death-Rate in New Zealand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

W. J. Barclay
W. J. Barclay
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(Abstracted from a thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, University of Edinburgh.)
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Of all British colonies New Zealand is the one that most closely resembles Great Britain in size, in situation, and in climate. And the inhabitants of the two countries are of practically the same race. The vital statistics of New Zealand are therefore eminently suitable for comparison with those of Great Britain. In the present paper comparison has been restricted to the birth-rates and death-rates, and in this limited survey several points of interest present themselves.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , October 1903 , pp. 468 - 485
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1903

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