SEPT. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1005

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of August, 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 August, 1888.

BOROUGHS.

Estimated Population, Jan. 1, 1888.

Total Births.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1888.

Males.

• Under 1 Year.
• 1 and under 5 Years.
• 5 Years and over.

Females.

• Under 1 Year.
• 1 and under 5 Years.
• 5 Years and over.

Total Deaths.

Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 1888.

Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1887.

Auckland .. .. .. 35,639* 93 4 1 6 1 4 14 30 0·84 10·48
Wellington .. .. .. 28,235 94 3 2 14 1 3 3 26 0·92 15·55
Christchurch .. .. .. 16,217 27 2 1 8 1 1 6 19 1·17 13·17
Dunedin .. .. .. 24,334 53 1 .. 11 2 1 5 20 0·82 11·65
Thames .. .. .. 4,829 11 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·21 11·60
New Plymouth .. .. .. 2,806 9 1 .. .. 1 .. 2 4 1·43 13·50
Napier .. .. .. 8,419 39 3 .. 3 .. .. .. 6 0·71 16·25
Wanganui .. .. .. 4,368 14 1 1 1 1 .. 1 5 1·14 11·49
Blenheim .. .. .. 2,906 11 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 2 0·69 10·77
Nelson .. .. .. 7,661 11 .. 2 5 1 .. 1 9 1·17 10·95
Sydenham .. .. .. 9,594 23 1 .. 4 3 2 3 13 1·36 12·38
Lyttelton .. .. .. 4,194 8 1 .. 2 .. .. 5 8 1·91 9·58
Timaru .. .. .. 3,897 9 .. .. 4 2 .. 1 7 1·80 15·86
Oamaru .. .. .. 5,298 18 .. .. 3 .. .. 1 4 0·76 10·86
Greymouth .. .. .. 3,365 11 .. 1 2 .. .. 1 4 1·19 12·86
Hokitika .. .. .. 2,703 6 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 2 0·74 11·64
Caversham .. .. .. 4,639 11 .. .. 5 .. .. 2 7 1·51 11·46
Invercargill .. .. .. 5,120 9 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 3 0·59 9·10

Totals .. .. .. .. 457 17 8 70 15 11 49 170 .. ..

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 457, against 439 in July, an increase of 18. The deaths in August were 170, a decrease of 4 on the number for July. Of the total deaths, males contributed 95; females, 75. Fifty-one of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 30·00 per cent. of the whole number; 32 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 August, 1888.

CLASSES.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

AUCKLAND.

• Under 5 Years.
• 5 Years & over.

WELLINGTON.

• Under 5 Years
• 5 Years & over.

CHRISTCHURCH.

• Under 5 Years.
• 5 Years & over.

DUNEDIN.

• Under 5 Years.
• 5 Years & over.

TOTAL.

PROPORTIONS PER CENT

I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases .. 2 1 2 4 .. 1 .. 1 11 11·58
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 2 3 .. 2 1 1 .. 3 12 12·63
V. Developmental Diseases 1 1 .. 1 1 .. .. 1 5 5·26
VI. Local Diseases .. 4 14 4 9 3 12 2 10 58 61·05
VII. Violence .. .. .. 3 1 .. .. 2 1 2 2·11
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 1 .. .. .. .. 2 .. 7 7·37

Totals .. 10 20 9 17 5 14 4 16 95 100·00

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Diphtheria .. .. .. 1 .. 2 4 .. .. .. .. 7
Enteric Fever, Typhoid .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1

ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœa .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2

ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Erysipelas .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1