VITAL STATISTICS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2390, 21 December 1899, Page 21

VITAL STATISTICS.

~~e vital statistics for November ari published in the Gazette : —

■ The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 357, .against 407 in "October — , a decrease of 50. The 'deaths in Novembei. were 174, an > inorease of 8 on the number in October. Of the total deaths,, males contributed 101 and - females 73. Fortythree of the deaths were of children unde--five years of age, being 24.71 per cent, of the whole number ; 33 of these were unde-' one year of age. There were 46 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards. Six m<;n (66, 72, 72, 73, 75, 81) and four women (65, 65, 71, 75) died at Auckland ; six men (65, 66, 66, 74, 81, 84) and five women (66, 72, 73, 84, 85) at Wellington; font men (68, 74, 79, 83) and four 'women (74, 74, 73, 90) at Christchufch ; and 14 men (65, 65, 67, 69, 69, 71, 74, 75, 79, 79, 79, 80, 83, 89) and three women (68, 78, 82) at Dunedin.

•si -25rf :s °--2 s "S ft HM D & Auckland nncl suburbs 51,611 110 42 O.SI Wellington and suburbs 47,207 87 41 0.87 (Jhiistcburch and suburbs .. .. '44,399 80 31 0.70 Dujiedin .. .. 23,500 -*J6 32 1.36 Caversham .. .. 4,830 11 8 1.66 Maori Hill .. .. 1,608 2- 2 1.2< Morningto.i .. .. 3,825 4-3 0.79 Korlh-East Valley .. 3,575 5 3 o.B< ilodyn 4,829 8 G 1.3S St. Kilda .. .. 1,359 2 1 0.74 South Dunedin .. S.OCG 9 5 0.99 West Harbour .. .. 1,-103 3 — — Totals — Dunedin nnd* suburbs .. .. -49",482 80 GO .1.21 Thames . .. 5,000 "16 5 I.OC New Plymouth . . . . 4,176 14 1 0.24 Napier 9,399 17 12 1.2€ Wanganui .. .. 6,362 16 7 1.10 Palmerston North .. 6,200 16 9 l»4fi Blenheim .. .. 2,900 10 3 1.03 Nelson 7,064 8 11 1.58 Greymouth .. .. 3,346 5 0 0.00 Hokitika .. .. 2,494 6 2 0.80 Lyttelton .. .. 4,053 11 5 1.28 Timant 6,702 8 8 1.40 Oamaru 6,372 10 4 0.74 Inveroargill .. .. 6^591 8 4 0.72