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THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. 



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It appears, therelore, tliat though our mothers give birth to 

 more than 2,000 infauts yearly, in addition to the infants born 

 among the same number of country people, the city only gains 

 62 lives, as the fruit of all this suffering and loss ! 



The deaths registered by the Clergy, in the city of Montreal, 

 as compared with those registered at the Cemeteries, present the 

 following results. 



Comparison of Mortality-Records in Montreal City, 

 1 866—1 868. 



C. — Interments at the Cemeteries. 



The allowances to be made in estimating the accuracy of these 

 returns are stated at p. 147 ; for the comparison of years, of 

 seasons and of ages with each other, they are invaluable. During 

 the last year, the descriptive columns in the weekly sheets have 

 been filled up with much more accuracy than heretofore, in 

 consequence of urgent representations from the Sanitary and 

 Medical Associations; but they are not yet accurate enough 

 for the requirements either of medical, sanitary or statistical 

 science. This is greatly to be regretted and deprecated ; because 

 in a large city, where all the interments are made at two 

 cemeteries, a very little determination on the part of the officials 

 would produce nearly all that can be desired. 



