VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1907.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 9

VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1907.

I V WELLINGTON HAS THE LIGHTEST' i w • DEATH-RATE, , ' t ■ In the current -week's Gazette tho j Registrar-General gives tho vital statistics , for 1907. The following table shows tho number, of births.:.and deaths'registered at r each of the four .centres; during the year, j togother, with the proportion of births and deaths per 1000 population (in parentheses) .' Births; . ' Deaths;- s Auckland v.. 1924 (27.46) 801 (11.43) c Wellington'... 1893 (27.34) '' 781 (11.28) e Christchurch . 1712 (30.48) 807 (14.37) i Dunedin '1489 (25.36);.. ,706.(12.02). • , .The above.percentages-are based upon tho following . populationsAucklaud, 70,008 ; l . ' Wellington, ' 69,241; Christchurch, 56,170; 1 and Dunedin, ,58,724.' • . - ( "The .vital statistic!. for January, 1908, set ! out in last evening's Gazette, show that Wei- } liugton has regained her position as having ■ ! tho, lowest death average per thousancl 1 of population. . Tho following are tho. figures [ for the four centres (those in pal-enthescs ' being ; tlio, death-rate for January, 1907):'— £ Auckland and suburbs* 1.14 (1.21); Welling- c ton and suburbs,. 0.78 (0.97); Christchurch ' and suburbs, 0.88 (1.57);. Dunedin and c suburbs,:o.Bl (1.19). ,It will be noted from these figures that , tho death-rate is lighter all ' round than for tho sauie period last year. { Tho lightest death-rate among tho boroughs was that of Wanganui, which only showed ! 0.37 ppr thousand population (threo deaths 1 with a population of 8160). . ■ 1