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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

Vital Statistics, July, 1897.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of July, 1897:—

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 July, 1897.

| Boroughs. | Population of Principal Boroughs with all their Suburbs, Census, April, 1896. | Population, Census, April, 1896. | Total Births in Boroughs. | Deaths in Boroughs registered in July, 1897. | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | Males. | | | Females. | | | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1897. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1896. |
| | | | | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | | | |
| Auckland .. | .. | 31,424 | 97 | 6 | .. | 13 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 41 | 1·30 | 14·42 |
| Birkenhead | .. | 690 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2·90 | 5·80 |
| Devonport | .. | 3,010 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·33 | 12·29 |
| Newmarket | .. | 1,929 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 2·07 | 11·40 |
| Newton .. | .. | 2,379 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4·20 |
| Parnell .. | .. | 4,196 | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1·67 | 10·96 |
| Other suburbs | .. | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs | .. | 43,628 | 129 | 8 | .. | 17 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 55 | 1·26 | 13·12 |
| Wellington .. | .. | 37,441 | 77 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 1·09 | 11·59 |
| Karori .. | .. | 1,024 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1·95 |
| Melrose .. | .. | 2,044 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·49 | 9·30 |
| Onslow .. | .. | 1,249 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·80 | 2·40 |
| Totals Wellington and suburbs | .. | 41,758 | 90 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 1·03 | 10·97 |
| Christchurch | .. | 16,964 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .. | .. | 4 | 19 | 1·12 | 11·49 |
| Linwood .. | .. | 6,115 | 13 | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 4 | 11 | 1·80 | 10·47 |
| St. Albans | .. | 5,781 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | 0·69 | 8·99 |
| Sydenham | .. | 10,312 | 13 | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 12 | 1·16 | 12·02 |
| Woolston .. | .. | 2,057 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1·94 | 10·70 |
| Other suburbs | .. | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs | .. | 41,229 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 5 | .. | 16 | 50 | 1·21 | 11·08 |
| Dunedin .. | .. | 22,815 | 45 | 3 | .. | 14 | 2 | .. | 8 | 27 | 1·18 | 9·60 |
| Caversham | .. | 4,763 | 16 | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 7 | 13 | 2·73 | 14·91 |
| Maori Hill | .. | 1,483 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·67 | 4·72 |
| Mornington | .. | 3,584 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·28 | 7·25 |
| North-east Valley | .. | 3,374 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·89 | 7·71 |
| Roslyn .. | .. | 4,118 | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·49 | 5·83 |
| St. Kilda | .. | 1,185 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5·06 |
| South Dunedin | .. | 4,592 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·22 | 9·58 |
| West Harbour | .. | 1,366 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1·46 | 5·86 |
| Totals Dunedin and suburbs | .. | 47,280 | 91 | 6 | .. | 22 | 2 | .. | 20 | 50 | 1·06 | 9·12 |

• 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 379, against 360 in June, an increase of 19. The deaths in July were 198, an increase of 41 on the number in June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 109, females 89. Forty-eight of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 24·24 per cent. of the whole number; 41 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 46 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: nine men, 65, 67, 70, 74 (two), 75, 77, 82, 84, and six women, 65, 66, 70, 72, 81, 89, died at Auckland; two women, 66, 74, at Wellington; six men, 65, 66, 68, 71, 72, 76, and four women, 66, 77, 81, 87, at Christchurch; and twelve men, 65 (two), 66, 67, 70, 71 (two), 72, 76, 79, 87 (two), and seven women, 65, 66, 69, 74, 76, 77, 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 Proportion per Cent. of Deaths from each Cause, in the Boroughs above given, registered during the Month of July, 1897.