reports On the whole the health of the community during December remain-Jed good, as in the previous month, This stale of frs, which 1s not altogether abnormal for this time of the year, is reflected in the admis-sons, to the Munllpal"Tecation Hospitals, both of which -were comparatively "speaking, not very" busy.
a result the monthly death rates are low, thet of 758 per mille for {the foreign community being one of the lowest on record.
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