VITAL STATISTICS.
[B? TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.J Wellington, Thursday. The vital statistics tor December are as follow :— Estimat'd • % deaths Boroughs. populat'n Births. D'ths. to 1,000 Jan. 1, '91 popul'n. Auckland .. .. 31,349 52 37 118 Birkenhead ..649 1 1 154 Devonport.. .. 2,569 7 4 1M Newmarket .. 1,783 3 2 1-10 Newton .. .. 2,265 4 — — Parnell .. .. 4,000 8 4 1-00 Totals .. 42,645 75 43 I*l3 Wellington and Suburbs.. .. 38,293 75 26 0-08 Christchurch and Suburbs.. .. 41.590 61 25 O'OO Duneilin and Suburbs .. .. 48,476 84 30 0"74 The total of births in the above boroughs amounted to '_95, against 343 in November, a decrease of 48. The deaths in December were 135, an increase of 5 on the number in November. Of the total deaths, males contributed 64, females 71. Twenty-nine of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 21*48 per cent, of the whole number. Twenty of these were under 1 year of age. There were 29 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards. Eight men of 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, and 82 (two); and seven women of 69, 73, 76, 77, 84, 85, and 86, died at Auckland. One woman of 77, at Wellington. Two men of 67 and 78, and two women of 78 and 84, at ChrUtchurch. Four men of 65, 75, 76, and 87; and five women of 66, 73, 75, 80,' and 85, at Dunedin.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9722, 18 January 1895, Page 6
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