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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

Vital Statistics, September, 1892.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of September, 1892.

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 September, 1892.

| Boroughs. | Population of Boroughs, April, 1891. | Total Births. | Deaths in Boroughs Registered in September, 1892. | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Males. | | | Females. | | | Total Deaths | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 1892. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1891. |
| | | | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | | | |
| Auckland (with suburbs, 51,127) | 28,613 | 72 | 1 | 3 | 17 | .. | .. | 7 | 28 | 0·98 | 13·63 |
| Wellington (with suburbs, 34,190) | 31,021 | 79 | .. | 2 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 1·00 | 14·60 |
| Christch'ch (with suburbs, 47,846) | 16,223 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0·74 | 11·40 |
| Dunedin (with suburbs, 45,365) | 22,376 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .. | 10 | 23 | 1·03 | 13·54 |
| Thames .. .. | 4,618 | 11 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 0·65 | 9·74 |
| New Plymouth .. .. | 3,350 | 8 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·90 | 12·54 |
| Napier .. .. | 8,341 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1·56 | 13·30 |
| Wanganui .. .. | 5,011 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·40 | 12·77 |
| Palmerston North .. .. | 4,303 | 10 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1·63 | .. |
| Blenheim .. .. | 3,294 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 0·61 | 9·11 |
| Nelson .. .. | 6,626 | 10 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 1·06 | 13·88 |
| Sydenham .. .. | 9,680 | 26 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 0·52 | 10·12 |
| Lyttelton .. .. | 4,087 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·24 | 11·00 |
| Timaru .. .. | 3,668 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9·27 |
| Oamaru .. .. | 5,621 | 11 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 | 11 | 1·96 | 8·90 |
| Greymouth .. .. | 3,787 | 11 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·53 | 17·43 |
| Hokitika .. .. | 2,178 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·46 | 27·55 |
| Caversham .. .. | 4,690 | 11 | 2 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 3 | 12 | 2·56 | 14·29 |
| Invercargill (with suburbs, 8,551) | 4,950 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 4 | 0·81 | 12·32 |
| Totals .. .. | .. | 411 | 14 | 10 | 72 | 17 | 7 | 47 | 167 | .. | .. |

Note.—Deaths, occurring at hospitals, of persons not residents of the borough wherein the hospital is situated are allotted to the boroughs 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 411, against 420 in August, a decrease of 9. The deaths in September were 167, a decrease of 22 on the number in August. Of the total deaths, males contributed 96; females, 71. Forty-eight of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 28·74 per cent. of the whole number; 31 of these were under 1 year of age.

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 September, 1892.

| 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 Zymotic Diseases | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 9·57 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | .. | 4 | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 8 | 21 | 22·34 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2·13 |
| VI. | Local Diseases .. | 3 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 55 | 58·51 |
| VII. | Violence .. .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5·32 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2·13 |
| | Totals .. | 4 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 94 | 100·00 |