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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 93

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month
of November, 1891.

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, 1891.

| BOROUGHS.
For population of principal boroughs,
including suburbs, see note.) | POPULATION,
CENSUS, APRIL, 1891. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | DEATHS REGISTERED IN NOVEMBER, 1891. | | | | | | | | Proportion of
Deaths
to the 1,000 of
Population,
November,
1891. | Proportion of Deaths
to the 1,000 of Popu-
lation in the Year
1890. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | Males. | | | Females. | | | Total Deaths. | | | |
| | | | Under
1 Year. | 1&under
5 Years. | 5 Years
and over. | Under
1 Year. | 1&under
5 Years. | 5 Years
and over. | | | | |
| Auckland .. .. .. | 28,613 | 77 | 3 | .. | 12 | 7 | .. | 10 | 32 | 1·12 | 11·34 |
| Wellington .. .. .. | 31,021 | 77 | .. | 2 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 45 | 1·45 | 12·64 |
| Christchurch .. .. .. | 16,223 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 1·36 | 11·04 |
| Dunedin .. .. .. | 22,376 | 41 | .. | 2 | 15 | .. | 2 | 7 | 26 | 1·16 | 14·20 |
| Thames .. .. .. | 4,618 | 11 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 0·87 | 11·81 |
| New Plymouth .. .. .. | 3,350 | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 1·19 | 14·46 |
| Napier. .. .. .. | 8,341 | 47 | 2 | .. | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 2·04 | 15·18 |
| Wanganui .. .. .. | 5,011 | 11 | .. | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | 7 | 17 | 3·39 | 10·45 |
| Blenheim .. .. .. | 3,294 | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·61 | 8·67 |
| Nelson .. .. .. | 6,626 | 7 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 0·91 | 16·40 |
| Sydenham .. .. .. | 9,680 | 19 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 0·72 | 11·42 |
| Lyttelton .. .. .. | 4,087 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 0·49 | 14·12 |
| Timaru .. .. .. | 3,668 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·27 | 14·72 |
| Oamaru .. .. .. | 5,621 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 0·18 | 9·27 |
| Greymouth .. .. .. | 3,787 | 4 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1·58 | 9·52 |
| Hokitika .. .. .. | 2,178 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | 3·67 | 25·37 |
| Caversham .. .. .. | 4,690 | 12 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 0·85 | 13·98 |
| Invercargill .. .. .. | 4,950 | 11 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 1·62 | 15·09 |
| Totals .. .. .. | .. | 402 | 20 | 8 | 88 | 18 | 10 | 68 | 212 | .. | .. |

NOTE.—Deaths, occurring at hospitals, of persons not residents of the borough in which the hospital is situated are
allotted to the borough where the diseases were contracted, and not to that in which the deaths actually took place.

The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 402, against 427 in October, a decrease of 25. The deaths
November were 212, an increase of 54 on the number in October. Of the total deaths, males contributed 116; females, 9
Fifty-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 26·42 per cent. of the whole number; 38 of these
were under 1 year of age.

• It must be understood that the numbers of the population above given refer only to those within the several borough boundaries.
  To estimate the relative importance of the principal boroughs as centres of population it is necessary in each case to take into con-
  sideration the number of the population in the adjacent boroughs, some of which are included in the above table, and other districts
  which are practically suburbs of the central borough. This can only be done with any degree of accuracy for census years.

The populations of the four principal boroughs and their suburbs in April, 1891, were as follows:—

| Auckland Borough ... | M. 13,616 | F. 14,997 | Total. 28,613 |
| Adjacent boroughs and road districts | 10,838 | 11,676 | 22,514 |
| Total Auckland Borough and suburbs | 24,454 | 26,673 | 51,127 |

| Wellington Borough ... | M. 15,189 | F. 15,832 | Total. 31,021 |
| Adjacent boroughs | 1,135 | 1,068 | 2,203 |
| Total Wellington Borough and suburbs | 16,324 | 16,900 | 33,224 |

| Christchurch Borough | M. 7,765 | F. 8,458 | Total. 16,223 |
| Adjacent boroughs and other suburbs | 15,310 | 16,313 | 31,623 |
| Total Christchurch Borough and suburbs | 23,075 | 24,771 | 47,846 |

| Dunedin Borough | M. 10,427 | F. 11,949 | Total. 22,376 |
| Adjacent boroughs | 11,375 | 12,114 | 23,489 |
| Total Dunedin Borough and suburbs | 21,802 | 24,063 | 45,865 |

The population of Invercargill and suburbs at same date was—

| Invercargill Borough | M. 2,393 | F. 2,557 | Total. 4,950 |
| Adjacent boroughs | 1,744 | 1,857 | 3,601 |
| Total Invercargill Borough and suburbs... | 4,137 | 4,414 | 8,551 |

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, 1891.

| CLASSES. | 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 Zy-
motic Diseases | 5 | .. | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 20·00 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·80 |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | .. | 6 | 2 | 8 | .. | 3 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 20·00 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 5·60 |
| VI. | Local Diseases .. | 5 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 58 | 46·40 |
| VII. | Violence .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 8 | 6·40 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-
specified Causes | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·80 |
| | Totals .. | 10 | 22 | 10 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 125 | 100·00 |