VITAL STATISTICS.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Saturday. The following are the vital statistics for December, 1890 :—
The deaths of persons not residents of boroughs occurring at hospitals have been excluded in all cases. The total births in above boroughs amounted to 362, against 422 in November, a decrease of 60. The deaths in December were 162, an increase of 22 on tho number in November. Of the total deaths, males contributed 98, and females 64. Fifty-seven of the deaths were of children "under five years of age, being 35.19 per cent, of the whole number. Forty-eight of those were under one year of age. .
Total Total % of Doatlis Births. Deaths. per 1000. Auckland .. .. ..62 31 0.93 Wellington .. ..79 31 1.00 Oliristchurch .. ..31 13 0.70 Dunedin 33 28 0.9.') Thames 31 4 0.80 New Plvmonth .. S 2 0.0!) Napier ' 21 11 1.24 Wang-uiui •> 2 0.39 Blenheim .. .. ..0 3 0.9!) Nelson .. ..10 8 1.03 Sydenham 20 9 0.88 I.vtielton .. .. .. & ft 1.21 Timaru 8 2 0.51 Oatnaru 12 4 0.70 Oroyinu'.ith .. - 1 0.27 llokitika 2 ft 1.92 Caversham .. ..9 1 0.20 Inverearrtill .. ..16 7 1.80 Totalis .. .. 302 1C2
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8473, 26 January 1891, Page 5
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