Jan. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 77

Vital Statistics, December, 1893.

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

Boroughs.

Auckland ..
Wellington ..
Christchurch ..
Dunedin ..
Thames ..
New Plymouth ..
Napier ..
Wanganui ..
Palmerston North ..
Blenheim ..
Nelson ..
Greymouth ..
Hokitika ..
Lyttelton ..
Sydenham ..
Timaru ..
Oamaru ..
Caversham ..
Invercargill ..
Totals ..

Population of Principal Boroughs, with their Suburbs, Census, April, 1891.

51,287
34,190
47,846
45,869
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
8,551
..

Estimated Population of Boroughs, 1st January, 1893.

31,268
33,786
16,704
23,302
5,196
3,312
8,806
5,081
5,793
3,262
6,677
3,741
2,169
3,966
10,310
3,374
5,500
4,887
5,320
..

Total Births in Boroughs.

70
59
28
38
12
8
23
11
13
6
15
10
7
9
23
6
20
10
15
383

Deaths in Boroughs registered in December, 1893.

Males.

Under 1 Year.
3
12
2
2
..
..
1
2
..
1
1
..
1
1
1
1
..
..
..
28

1 and under 5 Years.
..
..
2
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4

5 Years and over.
8
18
5
14
3
..
6
1
1
..
1
2
2
2
2
..
2
8
3
78

Females.

Under 1 Year.
5
2
3
..
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
1
2
2
..
..
..
1
16

1 and under 5 Years.
2
3
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
8

5 Years and over.
9
7
2
3
2
1
..
1
..
2
2
..
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
32

Total Deaths.
27
42
14
20
6
1
8
4
3
2
4
2
5
3
7
1
3
9
5
166

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

0.86
1.24
0.84
0.86
1.15
0.30
0.91
0.79
0.52
0.61
0.60
0.53
2.31
0.76
0.68
0.30
0.55
1.84
0.94
..

Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1892.

12.52
12.27
11.89
11.59
12.52
12.95
15.80
12.25
12.48
11.92
16.36
7.99
8.75
9.25
12.73
12.43
9.76
14.49
10.74
..

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 383, against 361 in November, an increase of 22. The deaths in December were 166, a decrease of 27 on the number in November. Of the total deaths, males contributed 110; females, 56. Fifty-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 33.73 per cent. of the whole number; 44 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 December, 1893.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

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

AUCKLAND.

Under 5 Years.
2
..
1
..
1
3
1
2
10

5 Years & over.
..
..
1
4
3
9
..
..
17

WELLINGTON.

Under 5 Years.
3
..
..
4
..
6
..
4
17

5 Years & over.
..
..
..
9
1
13
2
..
25

CHRISTCHURCH.

Under 5 Years.
2
..
..
..
2
2
..
1
7

5 Years & over.
1
..
1
2
..
2
1
..
7

DUNEDIN.

Under 5 Years.
..
..
..
..
..
2
1
..
3

5 Years & over.
3
..
..
6
..
7
1
..
17

TOTAL.

11
..
3
25
7
44
6
7
103

PROPORTIONS PER CENT.

10.68
..
2.91
24.27
6.80
42.72
5.82
6.80
100.00

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,
Influenza
Whooping-cough
ORDER 2:—
Diarrhoea,
ORDER 5:—
Venereal,
Stricture of Urethra

AUCKLAND.

Under 5 Years.
..
..
..
..
2
..
..

5 Years and over.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

WELLINGTON.

Under 5 Years.
..
2
..
1
..
..
..

5 Years and over.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

CHRISTCHURCH.

Under 5 Years.
..
..
..
2
..
..
..

5 Years and over.
..
..
1
..
..
..
..

DUNEDIN.

Under 5 Years.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

5 Years and over.
2
..
..
..
..
1
..

TOTAL.

2
2
6
1