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Show Pall River Death Rato High. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. Census Director Di-rector Durnnd today Issued a statement sustaining the bureau figures placing the (,caMlrate. f Fh11 River. Mass.. at 19.1 per 1000 inhabitants. This was the IiIkIi-est IiIkIi-est of all American cities, and exception was taken by the Fall River board of health. Mr. Durnnd attributed the high rate to the unusual proportion of deaths among children Tho figures wore supplied, sup-plied, he says, by tho secretary of state of Massachusetts. |