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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

Vital Statistics, February, 1895.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of February, 1895:—

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 February, 1895.

BOROUGHS.
Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, Census, April, 1891.
Estimated Population of Boroughs, 1st January, 1895.
Total Births in Boroughs.
Deaths in Boroughs Registered in February, 1895.
Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1895.
Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1894.
Males.
Females.
Total Deaths.
Under 1 Year.
1 & under 5 Years.
5 Years and over.
Under 1 Year.
1 & under 5 Years.
5 Years and over.

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

51,287

31,456
663
2,818
1,606
2,394
3,781

74
3
7
6
4
12
..

7
..
..
..
..
1
..

2
..
..
..
..
..
..

10
..
..
..
..
..
..

14
..
..
..
..
..
..

1
..
..
..
..
..
..

7
..
1
..
..
1
..

41
..
1
..
..
2
..

1·80
..
0·35
..
..
0·53
..

15·41
22·86
10·87
10·82
6·01
10·54
..

Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs
..
42,718
106
8
2
10
14
1
9
44
1·03
14·11

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

34,190

35,068
875
1,561
1,206

94
1
8
6

5
..
..
..

2
..
..
..

10
1
..
..

8
..
..
..

3
..
..
..

4
..
1
..

32
1
1
..

0·91
1·14
0·64
..

11·82
3·61
8·76
8·72

Totals Wellington and suburbs
..
38,710
109
5
2
11
8
3
5
34
0·88
11·43

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

47,846

17,545
6,026
5,750
10,630
2,260

30
21
9
26
3
..

1
3
..
6
..
..

..
..
..
..
..
..

4
4
..
2
..
..

1
3
2
3
..
..

1
..
..
1
..
..

4
2
2
3
2
..

11
12
4
15
2
..

0·63
1·99
0·70
1·41
0·88
..

10·55
10·02
9·65
10·47
7·82
..

Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs
..
42,211
89
10
..
10
9
2
13
44
1·04
10·19

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

45,981

23,787
4,825
1,463
3,937
3,621
4,013
1,241
4,662
1,442

43
10
2
10
6
8
4
11
2

1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..

5
1
..
1
..
1
..
1
..

..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1

1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

5
2
..
..
..
1
..
2
..

12
4
..
1
1
2
..
3
1

0·50
0·83
..
0·25
0·28
0·50
..
0·64
0·69

11·38
14·18
8·23
8·48
9·08
5·98
6·56
8·89
4·95

Totals Dunedin and suburbs
..
48,991
96
1
1
9
2
1
10
24
0·49
10·18

• 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 400, against 422 in January, a decrease of 22. The deaths in February were 146, a decrease of 47 on the number in January. Of the total deaths, males contributed 69; females, 77. Sixty-nine of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 47·26 per cent. of the whole number; 57 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 17 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Two men of 84 and 85, and two women of 66 and 85, died at Auckland; three men of 67, 70, and 84 at Wellington; three men of 72, 79, and 90, and two women of 69 and 74, at Christchurch; three men of 66, 67, and 79, and two women of 66 and 77, 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 February, 1895.

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
14
4
3
2
9
1
2
1
36
24·66
II. Parasitic Diseases
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
III. Dietetic Diseases
1
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
3
2·06
IV. Constitutional Diseases
2
3
3
3
1
5
1
7
25
17·12
V. Developmental Diseases
1
1
..
1
3
2
1
..
9
6·16
VI. Local Diseases
4
9
9
10
4
14
1
10
61
41·78
VII. Violence
..
2
1
..
..
1
..
1
5
3·43
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes
3
..
2
..
2
..
..
..
7
4·79
Totals
..
25
19
18
16
21
23
5
19
146
100·00