1794 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZE TTE. [No. 83

Vital Statis tics, October, 1895.

REGISTAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statis tics of the Principal Towns of New Zealnd during the Mon th of October, 1895:—
RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mor tality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Population, in the under-mentioned Boroughs, during the Mon th of October, 1895.

BOROUGHS.
Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, 1891.
ESTIMATED Population of Boroughs, 1st January, 1895.
Total Births in Boroughs.
DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN OcTOBER, 1895.
Males.
Females.
Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, October, 1895.
Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1894.
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.

Auckl and
Birkenhead
Devonport
New market
New ton
Parnell
Other sub urbs
Totals Auckl and and sub urbanboroughs
Wellington
Korori
Mel rose
Onslow
Totals Wellington and sub urbs
Chri stchurch
Lin wood
St. Al b ans
Syden ham
Wool ston
Other sub urbs
Totals Chri stchurch and sub urbanboroughs
Dun edin
Caver sh am
M aori Hill
Morn ington
Nort h-east Valley
R os lyn
St. Kilda
Sout h D uned in
W est Har bour
Totals D uned in and sub urbs

• The remaining sub urbs do not lie withinborough bound aries, and particulars respect ing them have not been obtained for the Vital Statis tics.

Death soccur ring at hospitalshave been omitted, except where de ceased had previously resided in one or other of the aboveboroughs, in which case the death iscounted against theborough of res idence.
The total births in the aboveboroughsamounted to 391, against 379 in September, an increase of 12. The deathsin October were 159, a decrea se of 37 on the number in September. Of the total dea ths,males contribu t ed 83, fema les 76. Forty-two of the deathswere of children under 5 years of age, being 26·42 per cent. of the whole number; 35 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 36 deathsof persons of 65 years and upwa rds: Si x men of 69, 70, 80, 81, 86, 93, and one woman of 70, died at Auckl and; four men of 68, 70, 81, 87, and three women of 72, 82, 87, at Wellington; four men of 65, 67, 68, 76, and seven women of 65, 68 (t w o), 70, 74, 76, 77, at Chri stchurch; four men of 67, 68, 70, 72, and seven women of 68, 74, 75, 76, 79, and 80 (t w o), at D uned in.

The following Table shows the Ca uses of the Deathsof Persons of both Sexes under 5 Yearsof Age and 5 Year sand upwa rds, and the Proportions per Cent. of Death s from each Ca use, in the Boroughs above given registered during the Mon th of October, 1895.

CLAS S.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
A UCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.
W ELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.
C H RISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.
D UNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.
T OTAL.
PROPORTIONSPER CENT
Under 5 Yea rs.
5 Yea rs& over.
Under 5 Yea rs.
5 Yea rs& over.
Under 5 Yea rs.
5 Yea rs& over.
Under 5 Yea rs.
5 Yea rs& over.

I. Specific Febrile or Zy-moticDiseases
II. Paras iticDiseases
II I. Di eteticDiseases
IV. ConstitutionalDiseases
V. DevelopmentalDiseases
V I. LocalDiseases
VII. Vi olence
VII I. Ill-defi ned and Not-specifi ed Ca uses
Totals