Aug. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1281

Vital Statistics, July, 1894.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month
of July, 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 July, 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 JULY, 1894. | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Males. | | | Females. | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1894. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1893. |
| Auckland .. | 31,349 | 81 | 9 | .. | 24 | 1 | .. | 18 | 52 | 1·66 | 12·90 |
| Birkenhead .. | 649 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1·17 | .. |
| Devonport .. | 2,559 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 0·88 | .. |
| Newmarket .. | 1,723 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1·00 | .. |
| Newton .. | 2,265 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. |
| Parnell .. | 4,000 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other suburbs .. | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs | 51,287 | 42,545 | 101 | 9 | 1 | 29 | 2 | .. | 20 | 61 | 1·43 | .. |
| Wellington .. | 35,013 | 95 | 5 | .. | 18 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 43 | 1·23 | 13·43 |
| Karori .. | 3,285 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 0·61 | .. |
| Melrose .. | | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Onslow .. | | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals Wellington and suburbs | 34,190 | 38,298 | 105 | 5 | .. | 19 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 45 | 1·17 | .. |
| Christchurch .. | 17,523 | 34 | .. | .. | 9 | 3 | .. | 8 | 20 | 1·14 | 12·80 |
| Linwood .. | 5,955 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 0·67 | .. |
| St. Albans .. | 5,441 | 22 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0·92 | .. |
| Sydenham .. | 10,583 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 8 | 0·76 | 10·35 |
| Woolston .. | 2,088 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other suburbs .. | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs | 47,846 | 41,590 | 99 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 37 | 0·89 | .. |
| Dunedin .. | 23,828 | 63 | 1 | .. | 12 | 1 | .. | 9 | 23 | 0·97 | 12·26 |
| Caversham .. | 4,767 | 10 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1·05 | 15·54 |
| Maori Hill .. | 1,453 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·69 | .. |
| Mornington .. | 3,844 | 6 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1·04 | .. |
| North-east Valley .. | 3,425 | 5 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 2·04 | .. |
| Roslyn .. | 4,018 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·25 | .. |
| St. Kilda .. | 1,197 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| South Dunedin .. | 4,559 | 13 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 1·10 | .. |
| West Harbour .. | 1,385 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals Dunedin and suburbs | 45,981 | 48,476 | 115 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 3 | .. | 13 | 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 420, against 363 in June, an increase of 57. The deaths in July were 189, an increase of 12 on the number in June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 111; females, 78. Thirty-eight of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 20·11 per cent. of the whole number: of these 31 were under 1 year of age. There were 41 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: six men of 66, 67, 69, 73, 74, and 76, and nine women of 71, 73, 74, 78, 79, 80, 81 (two), and 83, died at Auckland; one man of 81, and two women of 67 and 73, at Wellington; five men of 76, 78 (two), 83, and 90, and five women of 69 (two), 80, 81, and 82, at Christchurch; seven men of 67, 69, 70, 75 (three), and 82, and six women of 65, 72, 80, 83, 88, and 94, 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 July, 1894.

| CLASSES. | 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 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10·05 |
| II. | Parasitic Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1·59 |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .. | 12 | 38 | 20·11 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | 1 | 5 | 4 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10·05 |
| VI. | Local Diseases | 4 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 92 | 48·68 |
| VII. | Violence | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 4·23 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | 5·29 |
| | Totals | 12 | 49 | 10 | 35 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 39 | 189 | 100·00 |