JUNE 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 929

Vital Statistics, May, 1894.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of May, 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 May, 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 May, 1894.

Males.

Females.

Total Deaths.

Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, May, 1894.

Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1893.

Under 1 Year.

1 & under 5 Years.

5 Years and over.

Under 1 Year.

1 & under 5 Years.

5 Years and over.

Auckland ..

31,349

95

3

2

16

6

1

10

38

1·21

12·90

Birkenhead ..

649

2

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Devonport ..

2,559

2

1

..

..

..

..

..

1

0·39

Newmarket ..

1,723

3

..

..

..

..

1

..

1

0·58

Newton ..

2,265

5

..

1

3

..

..

..

4

1·77

Parnell ..

4,000

8

..

1

..

1

..

1

3

0·75

Other suburbs ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs

..

42,545

115

4

4

19

7

2

11

47

1·10

Wellington ..

35,013

97

1

1

9

5

..

11

27

0·77

13·43

Karori ..

3,285

1

..

..

..

1

..

..

1

0·61

Melrose ..

..

3

..

..

..

..

..

1

1

Onslow ..

..

3

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Totals Wellington and suburbs

..

38,298

104

1

1

9

6

..

12

29

0·76

Christchurch ..

17,523

41

1

1

8

..

..

3

13

0·74

12·80

Linwood ..

5,955

16

1

..

..

..

..

3

4

0·67

St. Albans ..

5,441

14

..

..

2

..

..

1

3

0·55

Sydenham ..

10,583

20

..

..

3

..

..

3

6

0·57

10·35

Woolston ..

2,088

2

..

..

2

..

..

..

2

0·96

Other suburbs ..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs

..

41,590

93

2

1

15

..

..

10

28

0·67

Dunedin ..

23,828

32

3

..

8

2

2

6

21

0·88

12·26

Caversham ..

4,767

9

..

..

7

..

..

2

9

1·89

15·54

Maori Hill ..

1,453

1

..

1

..

..

..

..

1

0·69

Mornington ..

3,844

7

..

..

..

..

..

1

1

0·26

North-east Valley ..

3,250

10

..

..

2

..

..

..

2

0·62

Roslyn ..

4,018

3

..

..

1

..

..

3

4

1·00

St. Kilda ..

1,197

4

..

..

1

..

..

..

1

0·84

South Dunedin ..

4,559

13

2

..

1

..

..

2

5

1·10

West Harbour ..

1,560

..

..

..

1

..

..

1

2

1·28

Totals Dunedin and suburbs

..

48,476

79

5

1

21

2

2

15

46

0·95

• The remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them 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, the same number as in April. The deaths in May were 150, a decrease of 10 on the number in April. Of the total deaths, males contributed 83; females, 67. Thirty-eight of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 25·33 per cent. of the whole number; 27 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 28 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: seven men of 69, 72 (two), 73, 76 (two), and 82, and three women of 79, 85, and 87, died at Auckland; two men of 82 and 89, and two women of 69 and 71, at Wellington; two men of 69 and 74, and one woman of 69, at Christchurch; eight men of 67 (two), 72 (two), 73, 75, 77, 78, and three women of 79, 82, and 96, 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 May, 1894.

CAUSES.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.

WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.

CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.

DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.

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

5

1

4

1

..

2

5

3

21

14·00

II. Parasitic Diseases

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

III. Dietetic Diseases

1

1

..

..

1

..

..

..

3

2·00

IV. Constitutional Diseases

..

12

..

7

..

8

..

12

39

26·00

V. Developmental Diseases

..

1

2

2

..

1

1

1

8

5·34

VI. Local Diseases

8

13

1

9

1

12

1

17

62

41·33

VII. Violence

..

2

1

2

..

1

1

3

10

6·66

VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes

3

..

..

..

1

1

2

..

7

4·67

Totals

17

30

8

21

3

25

10

36

150

100·00

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