June 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 989

Vital Statistics, May, 1896.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the
month of May, 1896:—

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 May, 1896.

Boroughs. | Population of Principal Boroughs,
| with all their
| Suburbs, Census,
| April, 1891.
| Population,
| April, 1896
| (Estimated).
| Total Births
| in Boroughs.
| Deaths in Boroughs Registered in May, 1896.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 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,
| May, 1896.
| Proportion of
| Deaths to the
| 1,000 of
| Population in
| the Year 1895.
Auckland .. | .. | 31,575 | 67 | 7 | .. | 11 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 1·20 | 14·87
Birkenhead .. | .. | 690 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1·45 | 4·48
Devonport .. | .. | 3,016 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·99 | 7·40
Newmarket .. | .. | 1,995 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1·50 | 11·71
Newton .. | .. | 2,385 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6·65
Parnell .. | .. | 4,902 | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 0·41 | 11·03
Other suburbs .. | .. | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..
Totals Auckland | .. | 44,563 | 90 | 7 | .. | 13 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 47 | 1·05 | 13·30
and suburban |
boroughs |
Wellington .. | .. | 37,442 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 38 | 1·01 | 13·07
Karori .. | .. | 1,024 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6·77
Melrose .. | .. | 2,043 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·49 | 8·83
Onslow .. | .. | 1,249 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·80 | 4·89
Totals Wellington | .. | 41,758 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 40 | 0·96 | 12·50
and suburbs |
Christchurch .. | .. | 17,215 | 31 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0·70 | 10·83
Linwood .. | .. | 6,113 | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 0·33 | 9·19
St. Albans .. | .. | 5,780 | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 0·69 | 9·70
Sydenham .. | .. | 10,309 | 24 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 0·48 | 10·73
Woolston .. | .. | 2,060 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1·46 | 13·22
Other suburbs .. | .. | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..
Totals Christchurch | .. | 41,477 | 85 | 1 | .. | 11 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 0·63 | 10·54
and suburban |
boroughs |
Dunedin .. | .. | 23,082 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0·78 | 10·21
Caversham .. | .. | 4,764 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 1·05 | 15·50
Maori Hill .. | .. | 1,483 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8·84
Mornington .. | .. | 3,582 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·28 | 7·05
North-east Valley .. | .. | 3,374 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5·79
Roslyn .. | .. | 4,114 | 8 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 1·22 | 7·17
St. Kilda .. | .. | 1,185 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·84 | 2·39
South Dunedin .. | .. | 4,592 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 1·09 | 6·58
West Harbour .. | .. | 1,366 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1·46 | 5·51
Totals Dunedin | .. | 47,542 | 91 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 37 | 0·78 | 9·15
and suburbs |

*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 334, against 377 in April, a decrease of 43. The deaths in
May were 150, a decrease of 22 on the number in April. Of the total deaths, males contributed 72; females, 78.
Forty-two of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 28 per cent. of the whole number; 33 of these were
under 1 year of age. There were 31 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: six men, 65 (two), 74, 78, 86 (two), and
four women, 75, 80 (two), 81, died at Auckland; one man, 75, and four women, 68, 73, 76, 78, at Wellington; five men, 70,
75, 76 (two), and two women, 65, 82, at Christchurch; and four men, 71, 77, 81, 82, and six women, 65, 66 (two), 69, 74 (two),
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 May, 1896.

| Class | Causes of Death | Auckland | Wellington | Christchurch | Dunedin | Totals | Proportions |
| | | and Suburban | and Suburban | and Suburban | and Suburban | | per Cent |
| | | Boroughs. | Boroughs. | Boroughs. | Boroughs. | | |
| | | Under | 5 Years | Under | 5 Years | Under | 5 Years | Under | 5 Years | | |
| | | 5 Years. | & over. | 5 Years. | & over. | 5 Years. | & over. | 5 Years. | & over. | | |
I. | Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 18 | 12·00
II. | Parasitic Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·67
III. | Dietetic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 0·67
IV. | Constitutional Diseases | 2 | 6 | .. | 8 | 1 | 4 | .. | 15 | 36 | 24·00
V. | Developmental Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 8 | 5·33
VI. | Local Diseases | 9 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 78 | 52·00
VII. | Violence | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5·33
VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3·33
| Totals | 21 | 26 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 28 | 150 | 100·00

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