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(1) The information concerning deaths received by every officer appointed under section 579 be entered by him in a register-sheet, which shall contain the particulars specified in Schedule R and shall be forwarded, at such intervals as shall be determined by the Commissioner, through the registrar of the ward, to the Chief Municipal Office. (2) From the said register-sheets and from the certificates furnished to him under section 581 the Commissioner shall cause the register-books of deaths to be prepared and shall have prepared and published such tabular returns and statements as shall appear to him to be useful for sanitary or other purposes.