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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

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

| BOROUGHS. | ESTIMATED POPULATION, JAN., 1887. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | DEATHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1887. | | | | | | | | | | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1886. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | Males. | | | Females. | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 1887. | | | |
| Auckland .. | | 35,965 | 106 | 4 | .. | 11 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 0·92 | 14·42 |
| Wellington .. | | 26,956 | 90 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | .. | 15 | 39 | 1·45 | 17·02 |
| Christchurch .. | | 15,684 | 32 | 5 | .. | 9 | 1 | .. | 8 | 18 | 1·15 | 13·31 |
| Dunedin .. | | 24,233 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 32 | 1·32 | 12·69 |
| Thames .. | | 4,829 | 11 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1·04 | 8·72 |
| New Plymouth .. | | 2,970 | 12 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1·01 | 14·45 |
| Napier .. | | 7,955 | 44 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 8 | 1·01 | 14·19 |
| Wanganui .. | | 4,336 | 17 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 0·92 | 10·53 |
| Blenheim .. | | 3,035 | 8 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 0·99 | 14·48 |
| Nelson .. | | 7,678 | 25 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | 10 | 1·30 | 14·30 |
| Sydenham .. | | 10,273 | 40 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | 0·78 | 13·13 |
| Lyttelton .. | | 4,155 | 13 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·72 | 12·67 |
| Timaru .. | | 3,794 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 1·32 | 10·34 |
| Oamaru .. | | 5,753 | 13 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 0·87 | 10·80 |
| Greymouth .. | | 3,169 | 9 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1·26 | 16·86 |
| Hokitika .. | | 2,796 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·36 | 11·46 |
| Caversham .. | | 4,610 | 7 | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1·74 | 12·53 |
| Invercargill .. | | 5,204 | 22 | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2·11 | 10·42 |
| Totals .. | | .. | 529 | 27 | 7 | 78 | 24 | 8 | 56 | 200 | .. | .. |

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 529 against 490 in July, an increase of 39. The deaths in August were 200, an increase of 45 on the number for July. Of the total deaths, males contributed 112; females, 88. Sixty-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 33·00 per cent. of the whole number; 51 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 Proportions per Cent. of Deaths from each Cause, in the Boroughs of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, that were registered during the Month of August, 1887.

Class I.—Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.

Order 1:—
Miasmatic,--
Chicken-pox .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
Scarlet Fever .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 2
Whooping-cough .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 2
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 1
Typhoid Fever .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1

Order 2:—
Diarrhœal,--
Diarrhœa .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 3

Order 6:—
Septic,--
Pyæmia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1
Puerperal Septicæmia .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 2

Class III.—Dietetic.
Want of Breast-milk .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1
Delirium Tremens .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1