JULY 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1105

Vital Statistics, June, 1893.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of June, 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 June, 1893.

Boroughs.
Population of Principal Boroughs, with their Suburbs, Census, April, 1891.
Estimated Population of Boroughs, 1st January, 1893.
Total Births in Boroughs.
Deaths in Boroughs Registered in June, 1893.
Males.
Females.
Total Deaths.
Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 1893.
Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population 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
72
5
16
15
5
4
9
54
1·73
12·52
Wellington ..
34,190
33,786
86
5
..
20
5
3
15
48
1·42
12·27
Christchurch ..
47,846
16,704
35
5
1
6
4
..
10
26
1·56
11·89
Dunedin ..
45,869
23,302
42
4
10
7
4
6
3
34
1·46
11·59
Thames ..
..
5,196
9
..
2
6
..
..
1
9
1·73
12·52
New Plymouth ..
..
3,312
12
1
2
..
1
..
3
7
2·11
12·95
Napier ..
..
8,806
28
3
..
5
3
1
4
16
1·82
15·80
Wanganui ..
..
5,081
16
..
..
2
2
..
2
6
1·18
12·25
Palmerston North ..
..
5,793
24
..
..
1
..
..
1
2
0·35
12·48
Blenheim ..
..
3,262
7
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
0·31
11·92
Nelson ..
..
6,677
20
1
..
9
..
..
2
12
1·80
16·36
Greymouth ..
..
3,741
5
..
..
1
..
..
1
2
0·53
7·99
Hokitika ..
..
2,169
7
..
..
..
..
..
2
2
0·92
8·75
Lyttelton ..
..
3,966
11
2
..
1
..
..
..
3
0·76
9·25
Sydenham ..
..
10,310
18
1
1
3
..
1
3
9
0·87
12·73
Timaru ..
..
3,374
15
..
2
1
1
..
..
4
1·19
12·43
Oamaru ..
..
5,500
10
1
..
1
..
..
1
3
0·55
9·76
Caversham ..
..
4,887
8
1
2
3
..
1
1
8
1·64
14·49
Invercargill ..
8,551
5,320
10
2
1
1
1
..
..
5
0·94
10·74

Totals ..
..
..
435
31
37
83
26
16
58
251
..
..

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 435, against 428 in May, an increase of 7. The deaths in June were 251, an increase of 99 on the number in May. Of the total deaths, males contributed 151; females, 100. One hundred and ten of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 43·82 per cent. of the whole number; 57 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 June, 1893.

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
23
3
1
3
1
3
18
2
54
33·33
II. Parasitic Diseases ..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
0·62
III. Dietetic Diseases ..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
2
1·23
IV. Constitutional Diseases
..
6
2
8
..
4
..
3
23
14·20
V. Developmental Diseases
..
2
2
3
1
..
..
..
8
4·94
VI. Local Diseases ..
6
10
7
17
3
8
5
4
60
37·04
VII. Violence ..
..
2
..
3
..
1
..
1
7
4·32
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes
1
..
1
..
4
..
1
..
7
4·32

Totals ..
30
24
13
35
10
16
24
10
162
100·00

Class I.—Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Measles ..
..
..
23
2
..
..
1
..
15
..
41
Influenza ..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Whooping-cough ..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
2
Diphtheria ..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
1
1
..
3
Typhoid Fever ..
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
1
3
Order 2:—
Diarrhœa ..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
2
Dysentery ..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
Order 6:—
Septic,—
Erysipelas ..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1