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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4
Vital Statistics, December, 1894.
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of December, 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 December, 1894.
BOROUGHS.
Population of Principal Boroughs and Suburbs (April, 1891).
Population of Boroughs (1st January, 1894).
Total Births.
Deaths in Boroughs Registered in December, 1894.
Males.
Under 1 Year.
1 & under 5 Years.
5 Years and over.
Females.
Under 1 Year.
1 & under 5 Years.
5 Years and over.
Total Deaths.
Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, December, 1894.
Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1894.
Auckland
Birkenhead
Devonport
Newmarket
Newton
Parnell
Other suburbs
Wellington
Karori
Melrose
Onslow
Christchurch
Linwood
St. Albans
Sydenham
Woolston
Other suburbs
Dunedin
Caversham
Maori Hill
Mornington
North-east Valley
Roslyn
St. Kilda
South Dunedin
West Harbour
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 295, against 343 in November, a decrease of 48. The deaths in December were 135, an increase of 5 on the number in November. Of the total deaths, males contributed 64; females, 71. Twenty-nine of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 21·48 per cent. of the whole number; 20 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 29 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Eight men of 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, and 82 (two), and seven women of 69, 73, 76, 77, 84, 85, and 86, died at Auckland; one woman of 67 at Wellington; two men of 67 and 78, and two women of 78 and 84, at Christchurch; four men of 65, 75, 76, and 87, and five women of 66, 73, 75, 80, and 85, 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 December, 1894.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.
Under 5 Years.
5 Years & over.
WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.
Under 5 Years.
5 Years & over.
CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.
Under 5 Years.
5 Years & over.
DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.
Under 5 Years.
5 Years & over.
TOTAL.
PROPORTIONS PER CENT.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases
II. Parasitic Diseases
III. Dietetic Diseases
IV. Constitutional Diseases
V. Developmental Diseases
VI. Local Diseases
VII. Violence
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes
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