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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Vital Statistics, April, 1894.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of April, 1894:—

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 April, 1894.

Boroughs.
Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, Census, April, 1891.
Estimated Population of Boroughs, 1st January, 1894.
Total Births in Boroughs.
Deaths in Boroughs Registered in April, 1894.
Males:
Under 1 Year
1 & under 5 Years
5 Years and over
Females:
Under 1 Year
1 & under 5 Years
5 Years and over
Total Deaths.
Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1894.
Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1893.

Auckland ..
Birkenhead ..
Devonport ..
Newmarket ..
Newton ..
Parnell ..
Other suburbs ..

Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs

Wellington ..
Karori ..
Melrose ..
Onslow ..

Totals Wellington and suburbs

Christchurch ..
Linwood ..
St. Albans ..
Sydenham ..
Woolston ..
Other suburbs ..

Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs

Dunedin ..
Caversham ..
Maori Hill ..
Mornington ..
North-east Valley ..
Roslyn ..
St. Kilda ..
South Dunedin ..
West Harbour ..

Totals Dunedin and suburbs

• This portion of the suburbs does not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting it have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics.

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 391, against 375 in March, an increase of 16. The deaths in April were 160, a decrease of 11 on the number in March. Of the total deaths, males contributed 86; females, 74. Fifty-eight of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 36·25 per cent. of the whole number; 46 of these were under 1 year of age. There were thirty deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: seven men of 65, 67, 74 (two), 76, 80, and 84, and one woman of 73 died at Auckland; three men of 74, 79, and 80, and two women of 78 and 87 at Wellington; four men of 67, 70 (two), and 74, and five women of 69, 73, 75 (two), and 88 at Christchurch; one man of 77 and seven women of 65, 66 (two), 69, 71, 77, and 78, at Dunedin.

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 above given registered during the Month of April, 1894.

Classes.
Causes of Death.
Auckland and Suburban Boroughs:
Under 5 Years
5 Years & over
Wellington and Suburban Boroughs:
Under 5 Years
5 Years & over
Christchurch and Suburban Boroughs:
Under 5 Years
5 Years & over
Dunedin and Suburban Boroughs:
Under 5 Years
5 Years & over
Total.
Proportions per Cent

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