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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 33

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of April, 1887.

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 April, 1887.

Boroughs.

Auckland .. ..
Wellington .. ..
Christchurch .. ..
Dunedin .. ..
Thames .. ..
New Plymouth .. ..
Napier .. ..
Wanganui .. ..
Blenheim .. ..
Nelson .. ..
Sydenham .. ..
Lyttelton .. ..
Timaru .. ..
Oamaru .. ..
Greymouth .. ..
Hokitika .. ..
Caversham .. ..
Invercargill .. ..

Totals .. ..

Estimated Population, Jan. 1, 1887.
35,965
26,956
15,684
24,233
4,829
2,970
7,955
4,336
3,035
7,678
10,273
4,155
3,794
5,753
3,169
2,796
4,610
5,204
..

Total Births.
54
76
38
57
15
17
32
21
6
23
25
10
7
21
5
3
16
14
440

Deaths Registered in April, 1887.

Males.
Under 1 Year: 6, 8, 3, 2, .., .., 5, .., 1, 3, 4, .., 2, .., .., 1, .., .., 35
1 & under 5 Years: 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, .., .., 1, 2, .., .., .., .., .., .., .., 12
5 Years and over: 10, 9, 5, 10, 1, 1, 1, .., 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 4, 2, 1, .., 2, 54

Females.
Under 1 Year: 11, 8, 4, .., .., .., 3, .., .., 2, 1, .., .., 1, 2, .., .., .., 32
1 & under 5 Years: 3, 2, .., .., 1, .., .., .., .., .., .., .., 1, .., .., .., .., .., 7
5 Years and over: 6, 9, 4, 4, 2, .., 1, .., .., 1, 3, .., 2, 1, .., 1, 1, .., 35

Total Deaths.
38
37
18
17
5
2
11
..
2
9
12
2
6
6
4
3
1
2
175

Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1887.
1.06
1.37
1.15
0.70
1.04
0.67
1.38
..
0.66
1.17
1.17
0.48
1.58
1.04
1.26
1.07
0.22
0.38
..

Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1886.
14.42
17.02
13.31
12.69
8.72
14.45
14.19
10.53
14.48
14.30
13.13
12.67
10.34
10.80
16.86
11.46
12.53
10.42
..

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 amounted to 440 against 510 in March, a decrease of 70. The deaths in April were 175, a decrease of 115 on the number for March. Of the total deaths, males contributed 101; females, 74. Eighty-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 49.14 per cent. of the whole number; 67 of these were under 1 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 Proportion per Cent. of Deaths from each Cause, in the Boroughs of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, that were registered during the Month of April, 1887.

Causes of Death.

I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases
II. Parasitic Diseases
III. Dietetic Diseases
IV. Constitutional Diseases
V. Developmental Diseases
VI. Local Diseases
VII. Violence
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes

Totals ..

Auckland:
Under 5 Years: 8, .., 2, 1, 2, 5, 1, 3, 22
5 Years & over: 1, .., .., 6, 1, 5, 3, .., 16

Wellington:
Under 5 Years: 4, 1, .., 4, 2, 3, .., 5, 19
5 Years & over: 3, .., 2, 6, 1, 6, .., .., 18

Christchurch:
Under 5 Years: 2, .., 2, 1, 1, 2, .., 1, 9
5 Years & over: 4, .., .., 3, 1, 1, .., .., 9

Dunedin:
Under 5 Years: .., .., .., .., 1, 2, .., .., 3
5 Years & over: 2, .., .., 7, .., 4, 1, .., 14

Total: 24, 1, 6, 28, 9, 28, 5, 9, 110
Proportions per Cent: 21.82, 0.91, 5.46, 25.45, 8.18, 25.45, 4.55, 8.18, 100.00

Class I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

Order 1:—
Measles .. ..
Scarlatina .. ..
Whooping-cough .. ..
Diphtheria .. ..
Typhoid Fever .. ..

Order 2:—
Diarrhœa .. ..
Dysentery .. ..

Order 6:—
Septic,–
Septicæmia .. ..

Class II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Thrush .. ..

Class III.—DIETETIC DISEASES.
Want of Breast-milk .. ..
Scurbutus .. ..
Alcoholism .. ..