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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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R
EGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand
during the Month of September, 1880.

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to
Population, in the under-mentioned Boroughs, during the Month of September, 1880.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1880.

| BOROUGHS. | POPULA-
TION. | TOTAL
BIRTHS. | Males: Under 1 Year | Males: 1 & under 5 Years | Males: 5 Years and over. | Females: Under 1 Year | Females: 1 & under 5 Years | Females: 5 Years and over. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | 15,022 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Wellington | 21,582 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 1.53 |
| Christchurch | 15,156 | 68 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 1.25 |
| Dunedin | 23,959 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 1.09 |
| Thames | 5,814 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 0.52 |
| Napier | 6,650 | 21 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1.35 |
| Wanganui | 4,163 | 23 | 2 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 9 | 2.16 |
| Nelson | 6,804 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ... | 1 | 3 | 25 | 3.67 |
| Sydenham | 7,796 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 0.76 |
| Lyttelton | 3,653 | 21 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 0.55 |
| Timaru | 3,791 | 18 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 1.06 |
| Oamaru | 5,098 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 7 | 1.37 |
| Hokitika | 2,668 | 8 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 1.87 |
| Caversham | 3,786 | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 0.53 |
| Invercargill | 4,283 | 18 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 0.47 |
| Totals | ... | 485 | 29 | 12 | 55 | 17 | 9 | 42 | 164 | ... |

The deaths of persons not residents of the boroughs, occurring at hospitals, have been excluded in all cases.
POPULATION. In the case of Nelson the population is given according to the estimate for January, 1879, as the local
authorities have not yet supplied the information necessary to enable the estimate to be corrected. In the other cases the
estimates are for the 1st January, 1880.
The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 485, against 514 in August, being a decrease of 29. The deaths
amounted to 164 in September, a decrease of 3 on the number for August.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 96; females, 68. 67 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
40.85 per cent. of the whole number; 46 of these were of children under one year of age.

THE following Table shows the Causes of the Deaths of Persons of both Sexes under 5 years of age and 5 years and
upwards, and the Proportions per Cent. of Deaths from each cause in the Boroughs of Auckland, Wellington, Christ-
church, and Dunedin that were registered during the Month of September, 1880.

| CLASSES. | CAUSES OF DEATH. | AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | CHRISTCHURCH. | DUNEDIN. | TOTAL. | PROPORTIONS
PER CENT. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | Under 5 Years | 5 Years. & over. | Under 5 Years | 5 Years. & over. | Under 5 Years | 5 Years. & over. | Under 5 Years | 5 Years. & over. | | |
| I. Zymotic Diseases | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15.56 |
| II. Constitutional Diseases | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11.11 |
| III. Local Diseases | ... | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 45.55 |
| IV. Developmental Diseases | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 19 | 21.11 |
| V. Violent Deaths | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 6.67 |
| VI. Unspecified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | ... | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 90 | 100.00 |

CLASS I.-ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:-
Miasmatic Diseases, -
Diphtheria
Croup
Whooping Cough
Enteric or Typhoid Fever
Erysipelas
Diarrhea
Blood Poisoning
Rheumatism of Heart

ORDER 3:-
Dietic Diseases,-
Inanition of Infancy

CLASS II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:-
Diathetic Diseases,-
Cancer

ORDER 2:-
Tubercular Diseases,-
Scrofula
Phthisis
Hydrocephalus