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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 6]

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

Boroughs.
(For population of principal boroughs, including suburbs, see note*.)

Auckland .. .. ..
Wellington .. .. ..
Christchurch .. .. ..
Dunedin .. .. ..
Thames .. .. ..
New Plymouth .. .. ..
Napier .. .. ..
Wanganui .. .. ..
Blenheim .. .. ..
Nelson .. .. ..
Sydenham .. .. ..
Lyttelton .. .. ..
Timaru .. .. ..
Oamaru .. .. ..
Greymouth .. .. ..
Hokitika .. .. ..
Caversham .. .. ..
Invercargill* .. .. ..

Totals .. .. ..

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 420, against 402 in November, an increase of 18. The deaths in December were 263, an increase of 51 on the number in November. Of the total deaths, males contributed 141; females, 122. Sixty-three of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 23·95 per cent. of the whole number; 48 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 consideration 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 ... M. 10,838 F. 11,676 Total 22,514
Total Auckland Borough and suburbs ... 24,454 26,673 51,127

Wellington Borough ... M. 15,169 F. 15,832 Total 31,021
Adjacent boroughs ... M. 1,135 F. 1,068 Total 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 ... M. 15,310 F. 16,313 Total 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 ... M. 11,375 F. 12,114 Total 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 ... M. 1,744 F. 1,857 Total 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 December, 1891.

Causes of Death.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases
II. Parasitic Diseases
III. Dietetic Diseases
IV. Constitutional Diseases
V. Developmental Diseases
VI. Local Diseases
VII. Violence
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes

Totals ..