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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

Vital Statistics, April, 1895.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of April, 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 April, 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 APRIL, 1895. | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 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. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1895. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1894. |
| Auckland .. | | 31,456 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 47 | 1·49 | 15·41 |
| Birkenhead .. | | 663 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22·86 |
| Devonport .. | | 2,818 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·35 | 10·87 |
| Newmarket .. | | 1,606 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1·25 | 10·82 |
| Newton .. | | 2,394 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·42 | 6·01 |
| Parnell .. | | 3,781 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 0·53 | 10·54 |
| Other suburbs .. | | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs | 51,287 | 42,718 | 83 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 53 | 1·24 | 14·11 |
| Wellington .. | | 35,068 | 78 | 3 | .. | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 0·71 | 11·82 |
| Karori .. | | 875 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3·61 |
| Melrose .. | | 1,561 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8·76 |
| Onslow .. | | 1,206 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·83 | 8·72 |
| Totals Wellington and suburbs | 34,190 | 38,710 | 87 | 3 | .. | 10 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 0·67 | 11·43 |
| Christchurch .. | | 17,545 | 35 | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 0·91 | 10·55 |
| Linwood .. | | 6,026 | 17 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 0·83 | 10·02 |
| St. Albans .. | | 5,750 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1·57 | 9·62 |
| Sydenham .. | | 10,630 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 4 | 15 | 1·41 | 10·47 |
| Woolston .. | | 2,260 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·44 | 7·82 |
| Other suburbs .. | | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs | 47,846 | 42,211 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 46 | 1·09 | 10·19 |
| Dunedin .. | | 23,787 | 45 | 3 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 7 | 19 | 0·80 | 11·38 |
| Caversham .. | | 4,825 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 1·24 | 14·18 |
| Maori Hill .. | | 1,463 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1·37 | 8·23 |
| Mornington .. | | 3,937 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 0·51 | 8·48 |
| North-east Valley .. | | 3,621 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1·66 | 9·08 |
| Roslyn .. | | 4,013 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·50 | 5·98 |
| St. Kilda .. | | 1,241 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6·56 |
| South Dunedin .. | | 4,662 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8·89 |
| West Harbour .. | | 1,442 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2·08 | 4·95 |
| Totals Dunedin and suburbs | 45,981 | 48,991 | 78 | 4 | .. | 21 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 0·82 | 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 336, against 342 in March, a decrease of 6. The deaths in April were 165, a decrease of 27 on the number in March. Of the total deaths, males contributed 89; females, 76. Fifty-five of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being one-third of the whole number; 45 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 30 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Six men of 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, and 76, and eight women of 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 80, 84, and 85, died at Auckland; two men of 81 and 82, and one woman of 71, at Wellington; two men of 77 and 83, and two women of 66 and 68, at Christchurch; eight men of 65, 66, 70, 75 (two), 78, 84, 85, and one woman of 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 April, 1895.

| 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 | 7 | 2 | .. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13·34 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1·21 |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1·82 |
| VI. | Constitutional Diseases | .. | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | .. | 12 | 34 | 20·61 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 9 | 5·45 |
| VI. | Local Diseases | 3 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 74 | 44·85 |
| VII. | Violence | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 12 | 7·27 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | 5·45 |
| | Totals | 17 | 36 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 32 | 165 | 100·00 |