VITAL STATISTICS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2497, 22 January 1902, Page 59

VITAL STATISTICS.

The \itnl -tati>tles for the month of Dceember an* 3° fo)lou •

Tie total births in the four principal boTongks amounted t»> 388, agaiu«t 425 in November —? decrease of 37. The deal he in December were 156, a decrease of 43 on the number in November. Of the total d«?ath«. males contributed 89 and females 67. ' Thirty-four of the death- were of children under five years of age, being 21.79 per j cent, of the whole number: 2b of. the-o 1 were under one year of age. There v.-erci 48 deaths of persons of 55 ycii'3 and upwards. Eight men—6B, 68, 68. 68, 70, 7(tf 72, 88—and nx women—63, 70, 71, 72, 7? n 80 —died at Auckland ; six men—6s, 68. 6%' 72, 80, 82—and one woman—77—at WellingV ton; nine men—66, 66, 70, 71, 73, 79, 8?V 88, 89 —and four women —6B, 71, 74, 74—oJ Christchurch ; nine men-63, 68, 69, 69. 6?,' 72, 75, 83, 83—and five womeu—6B, 68 r 72: .' 73. 78—ai Dunedia.

o 3. Auckland U,'211 Auckland & suburb 19,n-2D Wellington i:j,6.'JS Wellington <fc suinubs 49,344 Clmstchurc'i 17,538 Christchurch & snbu-rbs 44,818 Dmiedin 24,879 Cavershdiu 5,266 Maori H.I! 1,550 MornmgtoH 1.40S Xortl-E..-t V,.'trv 3,5-27 Roslyn . . 1,632 St. Kilda . .. 1.700 South Ihiiicdm . 5^36? We-t Harbour .. .. 1,165 75 {I JlO !4 77 29 92 30 32 15 92 12 13 20 IB !> 1 2 5 2 12 1 4 .! 3 1 8 2 2 — 3 2^ R-f 7* 10.00 0.88 O.GG 0.C9 O.&G 0.04 o.sn 1 7J 1.21 0.50 0.28 0.65 OJ3O 0.37 Diu-'ltfl A sttlis'rb^ 32,390 Timai-u 6.42t Oamaru .. . . .. 1,836 linercar^iil .. .. G,215 94 ' 40 la n 12 U 21 X 0.76 (•.47 2.feS 0 IS