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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

R EGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month
of July, 1888.

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 July, 1888.

BOROUGHS.

Auckland .. .. .. 85,639* 82 2 1 9 2 3 8 25 0·70 10·48
Wellington .. .. .. 28,235 90 6 1 16 4 3 14 44 1·56 15·55
Christchurch .. .. .. 16,217 21 2 .. 8 1 1 2 14 0·86 13·17
Dunedin .. .. .. 24,334 46 5 2 9 .. .. 4 20 0·82 11·65
Thames .. .. .. 4,829 10 .. .. 2 .. 1 2 5 1·04 11·60
New Plymouth .. .. .. 2,806 8 .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 0·71 13·50
Napier .. .. .. 8,419 38 3 1 2 .. .. 1 7 0·83 16·25
Wanganui .. .. .. 4,368 13 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 2 0·46 11·49
Blenheim .. .. .. 2,906 9 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 2 0·69 10·77
Nelson .. .. .. 7,661 15 .. 1 6 .. 1 5 13 1·70 10·95
Sydenham .. .. .. 9,594 20 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0·63 12·38
Lyttelton .. .. .. 4,194 8 1 2 1 .. .. 2 6 1·43 9·58
Timaru .. .. .. 3,897 18 2 .. 3 .. .. 1 6 1·54 15·86
Oamaru .. .. .. 5,298 19 1 .. 1 1 .. 5 8 1·51 10·86
Greymouth .. .. .. 3,365 9 .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 0·59 12·86
Hokitika .. .. .. 2,703 4 .. 1 1 .. .. 1 3 1·11 11·64
Caversham .. .. .. 4,639 18 .. .. 2 .. .. 3 5 1·08 11·46
Invercargill .. .. .. 5,120 11 .. .. 1 2 .. 1 4 0·78 9·10

Totals .. .. .. .. 439 23 10 63 13 10 55 174 .. ..

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 439, against 444 in June, a decrease of 5. The deaths in
July were 174, an increase of 27 on the number for June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 96; females, 78.
Fifty-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 32·18 per cent. of the whole number; 36 of these
were under 1 year of age.

• The population for Auckland is that estimated for the middle of the year 1888.

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 July, 1888.

CAUSES.

I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 1 1 .. 3 2 .. 1 .. 8 7·77
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 1 1 7 1 3 .. 9 22 21·36
V. Developmental Diseases .. 1 5 4 .. 1 1 .. 12 11·65
VI. Local Diseases 6 12 8 14 1 6 4 4 55 53·40
VII. Violence 1 1 .. 2 .. .. .. .. 4 3·88
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 2 1·94

Totals .. 8 17 14 30 4 10 7 13 103 100·00

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Scarlatina .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. 2
Fever .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
Enteric Fever, Typhoid .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 2
ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœa .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1
ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Puerperal Peritonitis .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1