VITAL STATISTICS, 1878.
The following are the vital statistics for the Boroughs named, during the year 1878. The proportion of deaths between the sexes was —-Males, 704} females, 528. The number of deaths of children under five years of age was —Males, 306 ; females, 246, or forty-four per cent, of the whole number:—
Boroughs. Census population, March, 1878. 3| _!-_ H - §__§._ o _ a> §* g-fl-i^e Auckland Thames i/Vpllington kelson christchurch Dunedin Hokitika '.'.'} 13,758 5,424 18,953 6,604 13.425 22,525 3,202 536 186 964 259 608 962 107 206 55 295 110 218 310 38 14*97 1013 15-56 1665 16-23 13-76 11-86 Totals 83,891 3622 1232] The rates of iorough were, f rollows : — Deaths of Chii BVBI Auckland rhames ... Wellington N"elsoa ... Dhrisfchurch ... Dunedin BokUika : infant mortality for the last three LDBBN TTHDEB ONI BY 100 BlBTHB. 187*. 181 ... 152 10 ... 65 8' ... 152 14 ... 10 3 6' ... 19 3 13 ... 109 8 ... 161 9f in each 3 years, as b Tkab to 77. 1878 3 110 •3 16;3 •6 12-8 •8 14 3 6 130 8 9-0 •2 8 3
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Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4260, 25 March 1879, Page 3
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