Ост. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1485

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand
during the Month of September, 1882.

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, 1882.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1882.

| BOROUGHS. | ESTIMATED
POPULATION. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | Males. | Females. | Proportion
of Deaths to
Population,
Sept., 1882. | Proportion
of Deaths to
the 1,000 of
Population in
the Year
1881. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | Under
1 Year. | 1 & under
5 Years. | 5 Years
and over. | Under
1 Year. | 1 & under
5 Years. | 5 Years
and over. | Total
Deaths. |
| Auckland | 17,077 | 56 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 14.88 |
| Wellington | 21,450 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1.03 | 13.95 |
| Christchurch | 15,690 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1.47 | 15-25 |
| Dunedin | 25,166 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.35 | 14-19 |
| Thames | 5,050 | 17 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 7 | 2.18 | 15.83 |
| New Plym'th | 3,513 | 23 | | | | | | 2 | 0.57 | |
| Napier | 5,961 | 19 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 0.50 | 10.94 |
| Wanganui... | 4,851 | 20 | | | | | | | 0.00 | 12-27 |
| Nelson | 6,945 | 10 | | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | 0.86 | 12.71 |
| Sydenham | 8,912 | 41 | 3 | | 2 | 3 | 2 | | 1.12 | 17-02 |
| Lyttelton | 4,325 | 9 | | | | | | 1 | 0.23 | 14:54 |
| Timaru | 4,092 | 1.1 | | | | 1 | | | 1.71 | 18.12 |
| Oamaru | 6,081 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0-33 | 14:16 |
| Hokitika | 2,691 | 9 | 1 | | | 1 | | | 175 | 2.60 | 19.62 |
| Caversham | 4,109 | 9 | | | 3 | | | 1.22 | 12-28 |
| Invercargill | 4,825 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2.28 | 13.60 |
| Totals | | 461 | 18 | 19 | 52 | 25 | 11 | 38 | 165 |

The deaths of persons not residents of the boroughs, occurring at hospitals, have been excluded in all cases.

The total births in the above boroughs (excluding New Plymouth, vital statistics of which town are now published for the
first time) amounted to 438, against 496 in August, a decrease of 58. The deaths amounted to 163 in September, a decrease of
1 on the number for August. Of the above deaths males contributed 93; females, 70. 63 of the deaths were of children under
5 years of age, being 38-65 per cent. of the whole number; 40 of these were of children under 1 year of age.

THE following Table shows the Causes of the Deaths of Persons of both Sexés 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, 1882.

| CLASSES. | CAUSES OF DEATH, | AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | CHRISTCHURCH. | DUNEDIN. | TOTAL. | PROPORTIONS
PER CENT. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | Under 5 Years
5 Years. | Under 5 Years
& over. | Under 5 Years
5 Years. | Under 5 Years
& over. | Under 5 Years
5 Years. | Under 5 Years
& over. | Under 5 Years
5 Years. | Under 5 Years
& over. |
| I. | Zymotic Diseases | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 18.0 |
| II. | Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 25.0 |
| III. | Local Diseases | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 44.0 |
| IV. | Developmental Diseases | | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| V. | Violent Deaths | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| VI. | Unspecified | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| | Totals | 12 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 100 | 100.0 |

ORDER 1:-

CLASS I.-ZYMOTIO DISEASES.

Miasmatic Diseases,-

Measles

Scarlet Fever and Scarlatina

Diphtheria

Croup

Typhoid Fever

Erysipelas

Dysentery

Remittent Fever

Rheumatic Fever

CLASS II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:-

Diathetic Diseases,-

Cancer

Scleroma...

Cancrum Oris