VITAL STATISTICS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1191, 26 September 1874, Page 17

VITAL STATISTICS.

The following information is contained in the Register General's report on the vital statistics of the Boroughs of Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Hokitika. The annexed table shows the number of births, the actual mortality of males and females, and the proportion of deaths to the population in the Boroughs mentioned during the month of August : —

The Auckland and Hokitika Hospitals are outside the boundaries of the respective boroughs. The persons on board ships are not included in the numbers of the population. The births were 316 in August, against 269 in July, while the deaths were 4 WW in miwb.gr than the te&thu Jn July

Of the deaths, males contributed 53 ; females, 55 : 53 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 49 07 of the whole number j 25 of these were of children under 1 year of age. The deaths of children under 5 yeais of age exceeded those in July by 7. Three females died, aged respectively 65, 68, and 71 years ; 6 males died between the ages of 65 and upwards, the oldest being 79. Three of the above 9 deaths occurred in Wellington, and 3 in 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 proportions per cent, of Deaths from each cause in the Boroughs named, and that were registered, during the month of August, 1874 :—

The number of deaths from zymotic diseases is the same as in July. There is a slight increase in deaths from constitutional diseases upon the July deaths, but yet they are fewer than they were in June. There were 11 deaths from phthisis, of which 5 occurred in Dunedin j they were all deaths of adults of 23 years and upwards— one of the persons dying from that cause being of the age of 67. The deaths being limited to persons of mature age, leads to the inference that many of them arrived in the colony with their lungs already diseased. Deaths from local diseases were less numerous in August, being 12 less tban in July — the great reduction being iv diseases of the nervous system. Diseases of the respiratory system were, however, on the increase, the deaths from bronchitis alone having increased from sto 14. More diseases occurred from diseases of the respiratory system in Christchurch than in any other borough. In Auckland there were 2, in Dunedin 2, in Ohristchuroh 11, and in Wellington 5 deaths of this class. There appears to have been during August a more than usually heavy rainfall throughout the colony north of Canterbury. In Nelson the increase was most remarkable, being 14*265 inches in excess of the average rainfall in former years.

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