JULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1121
Vital Statistics, June, 1896.
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of June, 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 June, 1896.
DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 1896.
| Boroughs. | Population of | POPULATION, APRIL, 1896. | TOTAL Births. | Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of | Proportion of Deaths |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, Census, April, 1891. | | | Under 1 Year. | 1 &under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | | Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 1896. | to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1895. |
| Auckland | 31,424 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 1·02 | 14·87 |
| Birkenhead | 690 | | | | | | | | | | 4·48 |
| Devonport | 3,010 | 10 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 0·33 | 7·40 |
| Newmarket | 1,929 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 0·52 | 11·71 |
| Newton | 2,379 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 6·65 |
| Parnell | 4,196 | 12 | | | 2 | | | | 2 | 0·48 | 11·03 |
| Other suburbs | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs | 43,628 | 113 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 0·83 | 13·30 |
| Wellington | 37,441 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 1·04 | 13·07 |
| Karori | 1,024 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 6·77 |
| Melrose | 2,044 | 8 | | | | | | | | | 8·83 |
| Onslow | 1,249 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 4·89 |
| Totals Wellington and suburbs | 41,758 | 116 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 0·93 | 12·50 |
| Christchurch | 16,964 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 9 | | | 7 | 18 | 1·06 | 10·83 |
| Linwood | 6,115 | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | 5 | 0·82 | 9·19 |
| St. Albans | 5,781 | 12 | | | | 1 | | 4 | 5 | 0·86 | 9·70 |
| Sydenham | 10,312 | 25 | 2 | | 9 | | | 5 | 16 | 1·55 | 10·73 |
| Woolston | 2,057 | 5 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 0·49 | 13·22 |
| Other suburbs | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs | 41,229 | 89 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 2 | | 18 | 45 | 1·09 | 10·54 |
| Dunedin | 22,815 | 23 | 1 | | 7 | | | 6 | 14 | 0·61 | 10·21 |
| Caversham | 4,763 | 8 | | | 2 | | | 2 | 4 | 0·84 | 15·50 |
| Maori Hill | 1,483 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 8·84 |
| Mornington | 3,584 | 10 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 0·28 | 7·05 |
| North-east Valley | 3,374 | 11 | | | 2 | | | | 1 | 0·89 | 5·79 |
| Roslyn | 4,118 | 6 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | 0·24 | 7·17 |
| St. Kilda | 1,185 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 2·39 |
| South Dunedin | 4,592 | 7 | 1 | | | | | 2 | 4 | 0·87 | 6·58 |
| West Harbour | 1,366 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 5·51 |
| Totals Dunedin and suburbs | 47,280 | 74 | 2 | | 13 | 1 | | 11 | 27 | 0·57 | 9·15 |

• 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 392, against 334 in May, an increase of 58. The deaths in June were 147, a decrease of 3 on the number in May. Of the total deaths, males contributed 84; females, 63. Thirty-four of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 23·14 per cent. of the whole number; 24 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 37 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: three men, 69, 76, 84, and five women, 67 (two), 68, 75, 78, died at Auckland; seven men, 65 (two), 67 (two), 68, 84, 85, and two women, 68, 78, at Wellington; seven men, 71, 84, 86, 88, 89, 92, 94, and five women, 70, 71, 72, 87, 93, at Christchurch ; and five men, 67, 72 (two), 76, 77, and three women, 69, 71, 81, 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, 1896.
  | 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 & over. | 5 Years | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years & over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years & over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years & over. | |
  | I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4·76 |
  | II. Parasitic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
  | III. Dietetic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
  | IV. Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ... | 11 | ... | 6 | 32 | 21·77 |
  | V. Developmental Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 8 | ... | 1 | 16 | 10·89 |
  | VI. Local Diseases | 7 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 80 | 54·42 |
  | VII. Violence | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 4·08 |
  | VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 4·08 |
  | Totals | ... | 14 | 22 | 9 | 30 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 24 | 147 | 100·00 |
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