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JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 909
Vital Statistics, May, 1893.
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month
of May, 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 May, 1893.
BOROUGHS.
Auckland ..
Wellington ..
Christchurch ..
Dunedin ..
Thames ..
New Plymouth ..
Napier ..
Wanganui ..
Palmerston North ..
Blenheim ..
Nelson ..
Greymouth ..
Hokitika ..
Lyttelton ..
Sydenham ..
Timaru ..
Oamaru ..
Caversham ..
Invercargill ..
Totals ..
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 428, against 383 in April, an increase of 45. The deaths in May
were 152, a decrease of 42 on the number in April. Of the total deaths, males contributed 99; females, 53. Fifty-five
of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 36·18 per cent. of the whole number; 34 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 May, 1893.
CAUSES.
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
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🏥 Vital Statistics Report for May 1893
🏥 Health & Social Welfare15 June 1893
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Boroughs, Mortality, Population
- Registrar-General