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Show Oealha gross fencer Faeeed Tb.l 'rom Al oal.eli.ne Disease la Mw Jersey, That death fiom cancer should x ceed the fatalltle from all contagion disease In New Jersey, I a condllloo now puzzling the authorities of tha state board of health. The phyalclana ou Ihe board aro ala loss to understand this peculiar discovery, which waa only recently made, when the bureau of vital statistics submitted ita annnal report to the governor. It wae shown In the figures therein compiled thatof the 3,144 esses of diphtheria, diph-theria, tu cases of acnrlrt fever, and 044 'isrs of typhoid, there were only . .eat ha, -ihile from cancer the ."a a totalled l.oni. There were 9 i esses of smallpox, lo the slstelaat year, and tin malady ouly resulted fatally In Ave Instancea |