JULY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1113

Vital Statistics, June, 1895.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of June, 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 June, 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 June, 1895.
Proportion of Deaths
to the 1,000 of
Population, June,
1895.
Proportion of Deaths
to the 1,000 of Popu-
lation in the Year
1894.
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 ..
Birkenhead ..
Devonport ..
Newmarket ..
Newton ..
Parnell ..
Other suburbs ..
51,287
31,456
663
2,818
1,606
2,394
3,781

• 59
  3
  6
  2
  1
  9
  ..
  ..
  1
  ..
  1
  ..
  1
  ..
  2
  ..
  ..
  ..
  ..
  ..
  ..
  14
  ..
  ..
  ..
  1
  1
  ..
  3
  ..
  ..
  ..
  1
  ..
  ..
  1
  ..
  ..
  ..
  ..
  ..
  ..
  13
  ..
  ..
  2
  ..
  ..
  ..
  33
  1
  ..
  1
  3
  3
  ..
  1·05
  1·51
  ..
  0·62
  1·25
  0·79
  ..
  15·41
  22·86
  10·87
  10·82
  6·01
  10·54
  ..

Totals Auckland
and suburban
boroughs
..
42,718
80
3
2
16
4
1
15
41
0·96
14·11

Wellington ..
Karori ..
Melrose ..
Onslow ..
34,190
35,068
875
1,561
1,206
92
4
6
3
3
1
..
..
1
..
..
19
..
..
..
3
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
11
..
..
..
38
2
..
..
1·08
2·29
..
..
11·82
3·61
8·76
8·72

Totals Wellington
and suburbs
..
38,710
105
4
1
19
4
1
11
40
1·03
11·43

Christchurch ..
Linwood ..
St. Albans ..
Sydenham ..
Woolston ..
Other suburbs ..
47,846
17,545
6,026
5,750
10,630
2,260

• 21
  12
  2
  20
  4
  ..
  1
  ..
  ..
  ..
  1
  ..
  1
  ..
  ..
  ..
  ..
  ..
  3
  1
  2
  3
  1
  ..
  2
  ..
  1
  ..
  ..
  ..
  ..
  ..
  1
  ..
  ..
  ..
  3
  1
  1
  3
  1
  ..
  10
  2
  5
  6
  3
  ..
  0·57
  0·33
  0·87
  0·56
  1·33
  ..
  10·55
  10·02
  9·62
  10·47
  7·82
  ..

Totals Christchurch
and suburban
boroughs
..
42,211
59
2
1
10
3
1
9
26
0·62
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
36
8
1
5
7
5
..
12
2
4
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
17
3
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
5
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
5
2
1
1
..
1
1
..
..
32
5
2
2
1
3
..
1
..
1·35
1·04
1·37
0·51
0·23
0·75
..
0·21
..
11·38
14·18
8·23
8·48
9·08
5·98
6·56
8·89
4·95

Totals Dunedin
and suburbs
..
48,991
76
5
1
22
6
1
11
46
0·94
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 have been omitted, except where deceased had resided before admission in one or other of the above boroughs, in which case the death is counted against the borough of residence.

The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 320, against 365 in May, a decrease of 45. The deaths in June were 153, a decrease of 13 on the number in May. Of the total deaths, males contributed 86, females 67. Forty of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 26·14 per cent. of the whole number; 31 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 23 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Six men of 72, 76, 79, 80, 84, and 85, and four women of 71, 75, 77, and 85, died at Auckland; three men of 66, 79, and 80, and two women of 75 and 78, at Wellington; one woman of 84 at Christchurch; five men of 65, 72 (two), 74, and 75, and two women of 66 and 71, 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 June, 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
2
4
..
5
1
3
2
1
18
11·77
II. Parasitic Diseases
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
III. Dietetic Diseases
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
IV. Constitutional Diseases
..
6
1
9
2
5
..
10
33
21·57
V. Developmental Diseases
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
..
14
9·15
VI. Local Diseases
2
17
4
11
2
9
9
19
73
47·71
VII. Violence
..
1
1
3
..
1
1
3
10
6·53
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes
3
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
5
3·27

Totals
..
10
31
10
30
7
19
13
33
153
100·00