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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 27

Vital Statistics, March, 1893.

R
EGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month
of March, 1893.

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 March, 1893.

BOROUGHS.

Population of
Principal Boroughs
Census, April, 1891.

ESTIMATED
POPULATION,
1st January, 1893.

TOTAL BIRTHS.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN MARCH, 1893.

Males.

Females.

Total Deaths.

Proportion of Deaths
to the 1,000 of
Population,
March, 1893.

Proportion of Deaths
to the 1,000 of Popu-
lation in the Year
1892.

Under
1 Year.

1 & under
5 Years.

5 Years
and over.

Under
1 Year.

1 & under
5 Years.

5 Years
and over.

Auckland .. ..
51,287
31,268
75
4
2
10
7
..
8
31
0·99
12·52

Wellington .. ..
34,190
33,786
92
3
2
11
6
..
7
29
0·86
12·27

Christchurch .. ..
47,846
16,704
37
5
1
5
2
..
7
20
1·20
11·89

Dunedin .. ..
45,869
23,302
45
3
..
12
1
1
7
24
1·03
11·59

Thames .. ..
..
5,196
13
2
..
4
2
1
1
10
1·92
12·52

New Plymouth .. ..
..
3,312
8
2
..
1
3
..
1
7
2·11
12·95

Napier .. ..
..
8,806
22
1
..
6
1
..
3
11
1·25
15·80

Wanganui .. ..
..
5,081
9
..
..
2
..
..
..
2
0·39
12·25

Palmerston North .. ..
..
5,793
18
1
..
1
..
..
..
2
0·35
12·48

Blenheim .. ..
..
3,262
14
..
1
4
1
..
..
6
1·84
11·92

Nelson .. ..
..
6,677
14
1
..
2
..
..
4
7
1·05
16·36

Greymouth .. ..
..
3,741
8
1
..
2
..
..
..
3
0·80
7·99

Hokitika .. ..
..
2,169
5
1
..
2
1
..
2
6
2·77
8·75

Lyttelton .. ..
..
3,966
14
..
..
1
..
..
1
2
0·50
9·25

Sydenham .. ..
..
10,310
29
..
..
3
..
1
1
5
0·48
12·73

Timaru .. ..
..
3,374
10
1
..
..
1
1
1
4
1·19
12·43

Oamaru .. ..
..
5,500
13
..
1
..
..
..
1
2
0·36
9·76

Caversham .. ..
..
4,887
9
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
0·20
14·49

Invercargill .. ..
8,551
5,320
13
..
..
3
1
..
1
5
0·94
10·74

Totals .. ..
..
..
448
25
7
69
26
4
46
177
..
..

Deaths, occurring at hospitals, of persons not residents of the borough wherein the hospital is situated have been
allotted in each case to the borough where the disease was contracted, and not to that in which the death actually took
place.

The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 448, against 435 in February, an increase of 13. The deaths in
March were 177, an increase of 9 on the number in February. Of the total deaths, males contributed 101; females, 76.
Sixty-two of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 35·03 per cent. of the whole number; 51 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 March, 1893.

CAUSES.

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
4
2
3
5
2
2
1
1
20
19·23

II. Parasitic Diseases ..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
0·96

III. Dietetic Diseases ..
1
1
..
2
..
..
..
..
4
3·85

IV. Constitutional Diseases
1
1
2
3
..
4
1
4
16
15·38

V. Developmental Diseases
1
1
1
..
2
..
1
..
6
5·77

VI. Local Diseases ..
5
9
3
7
3
5
1
13
46
44·23

VII. Violence .. ..
..
2
..
1
..
1
..
1
5
4·81

VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes
1
1
2
..
1
..
1
..
6
5·77

Totals ..
13
18
11
18
8
12
5
19
104
100·00