Sept. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1431

Vital Statistics, August, 1894.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of August, 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 August, 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 August, 1894. | | | | | | | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 1894. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1893. |
| | | | | Males. | | | Females. | | | | | | |
| | | | | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Total Deaths. | | |
| Auckland .. | | 31,349 | 67 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 1·56 | 12·90 |
| Birkenhead .. | | 649 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6·16 | .. |
| Devonport .. | | 2,559 | 7 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1·56 | .. |
| Newmarket .. | | 1,723 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1·16 | .. |
| Newton .. | | 2,265 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·44 | .. |
| Parnell .. | | 4,000 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0·75 | .. |
| Other suburbs .. | | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs | .. | 42,545 | 98 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 63 | 1·48 | .. |
| Wellington .. | | 35,013 | 75 | 6 | .. | 22 | .. | 2 | 15 | 45 | 1·29 | 13·43 |
| Karori .. | | 3,285 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Melrose .. | | | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1·52 | .. |
| Onslow .. | | | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | | .. |
| Totals Wellington and suburbs | .. | 38,298 | 82 | 7 | .. | 23 | .. | 3 | 17 | 50 | 1·31 | .. |
| Christchurch .. | | 17,523 | 33 | 2 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | 0·63 | 12·80 |
| Linwood .. | | 5,955 | 19 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 7 | 1·18 | .. |
| St. Albans .. | | 5,441 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 0·74 | .. |
| Sydenham .. | | 10,583 | 21 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | 0·94 | 10·35 |
| Woolston .. | | 2,088 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 1·92 | .. |
| Other suburbs .. | | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs | .. | 41,590 | 88 | 7 | .. | 12 | 3 | .. | 14 | 36 | 0·87 | .. |
| Dunedin .. | | 23,828 | 38 | 1 | .. | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 0·92 | 12·26 |
| Caversham .. | | 4,767 | 13 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 0·84 | 15·54 |
| Maori Hill .. | | 1,453 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1·38 | .. |
| Mornington .. | | 3,844 | 10 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 10 | 2·60 | .. |
| North-east Valley .. | | 3,425 | 8 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1·46 | .. |
| Roslyn .. | | 4,018 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 0·50 | .. |
| St. Kilda .. | | 1,197 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·84 | .. |
| South Dunedin .. | | 4,559 | 16 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 0·88 | .. |
| West Harbour .. | | 1,385 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1·44 | .. |
| Totals Dunedin and suburbs | .. | 48,476 | 104 | 5 | .. | 18 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 52 | 1·07 | .. |

• 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 372, against 420 in July, a decrease of 48. The deaths in August were 201, an increase of 12 on the number in July. Of the total deaths, males contributed 110; females, 91. Fifty-seven of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 28·36 per cent. of the whole number: 45 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 46 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: of these seven men of 67, 74, 76, 80, 85 (two), and 88, and nine women of 65, 67 (two), 68, 71, 74, 76 (two), and 80 died at Auckland; seven men of 67, 69 (two), 70, 75, 77, and 83, and two women of 74 and 76, at Wellington; one man of 76, and six women of 66, 70, 74, 78, 79, and 84, at Christchurch; seven men of 65, 70, 73, 75, 76 (two), and 78, and seven women of 68, 75, 77, 78, 81, 89, and 93, 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 August, 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 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .. | 3 | 25 | 12·44 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·49 |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·49 |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | .. | 9 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 21·39 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 6·99 |
| VI. | Local Diseases | 11 | 25 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 98 | 48·76 |
| VII. | Violence | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 9 | 4·47 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 10 | 4·97 |
| | Totals | 21 | 42 | 10 | 40 | 10 | 26 | 16 | 36 | 201 | 100·00 |