1418 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 69]

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

| BOROUGHS. | ESTIMATED POPULATION | TOTAL BIRTHS | DEATHS REGISTERED IN NOVEMBER, 1888 | | | | | | | PROPORTION OF DEATHS | PROPORTION OF DEATHS |
| | | | MALES | | | FEMALES | | | TOTAL DEATHS | TO POPULATION | IN THE YEAR |
| | | | UNDER 1 YEAR | 1 AND UNDER 5 | 5 AND OVER | UNDER 1 YEAR | 1 AND UNDER 5 | 5 AND OVER | | | |
| Auckland | .. | .. | .. | 35,639* | 78 | .. | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 0·62 | .. |
| Wellington | .. | .. | .. | 28,235 | 82 | 6 | .. | 13 | 5 | .. | 13 | 37 | 1·31 | 15·55 |
| Christchurch | .. | .. | .. | 16,217 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 4 | 13 | 0·80 | 13·17 |
| Dunedin | .. | .. | .. | 24,334 | 49 | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | 15 | 24 | 0·99 | 11·65 |
| Thames | .. | .. | .. | 4,829 | 18 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·62 | 11·60 |
| New Plymouth | .. | .. | .. | 2,806 | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 0·71 | 13·50 |
| Napier | .. | .. | .. | 8,419 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 8 | 0·95 | 16·25 |
| Wanganui | .. | .. | .. | 4,368 | 17 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1·14 | 11·49 |
| Blenheim | .. | .. | .. | 2,906 | 16 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·69 | 10·77 |
| Nelson | .. | .. | .. | 7,661 | 20 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 0·91 | 10·95 |
| Sydenham | .. | .. | .. | 9,594 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0·83 | 12·38 |
| Lyttelton | .. | .. | .. | 4,194 | 13 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 0·72 | 9·58 |
| Timaru | .. | .. | .. | 3,897 | 10 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 | 1·54 | 15·86 |
| Oamaru | .. | .. | .. | 5,298 | 14 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1·13 | 10·86 |
| Greymouth | .. | .. | .. | 3,365 | 14 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1·49 | 12·86 |
| Hokitika | .. | .. | .. | 2,703 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 0·74 | 11·64 |
| Caversham | .. | .. | .. | 4,639 | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 1·08 | 11·46 |
| Invercargill | .. | .. | .. | 5,120 | 19 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 0·78 | 9·10 |
| Totals | .. | .. | .. | .. | 483 | 20 | 8 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 60 | 162 | .. | .. |

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 483, against 500 in October, a decrease of 17. The deaths in November were 162, an increase of 3 on the number in October. Of the total deaths, males contributed 78; females, 84. Fifty-two of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 32·10 per cent. of the whole number; 37 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 November, 1888.

| CLASS. | CAUSES OF DEATH. | AUCKLAND | | WELLINGTON | | CHRISTCHURCH | | DUNEDIN | | TOTAL | PROPORTIONS PER CENT |
| | | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years & over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years & over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years & over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years & over. | | |
| I. | Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9·37 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1·04 |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | 21 | 21·88 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 8 | 8·33 |
| VI. | Local Diseases | 4 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 5 | .. | 8 | 51 | 53·13 |
| VII. | Violence | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 4·17 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2·08 |
| | Totals | 10 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 96 | 100·00 |

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Whooping-cough .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 .. 2
Diphtheria .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 2 .. 1 .. 3
Enteric Fever, Typhoid .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœal,—
Diarrhœa .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
ORDER 5:—
Venereal,—
Syphilis .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Puerperal Septicæmia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1