VITAL STATISTICS.
(By Telegraph.) WELLINGTON, July 21. The following are the vital statistics of the colony for June, 1887 : -
The deaths of persons not residents of boroughs, occurring at hospitals, have been excluded in all cases. The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 497 against 496 in May, an increase of 15. The deaths in June wore 165, a decrease of 3 on the "number for My. Of tho total deaths males contributed 89, females 76; 44 of the deaths wore of children under five years of ago, being 26.67 per cent of tho whole number j 38 of these were children under one year of age.
Boroughs. Estimated population. Births. Deaths. i Proportion of deaths to each 1000 of population. Auckland 33,161 97 30 0.83 Wellington 25,945 71 29 1.08 Christ' hurcb ... 15,265 47 17 1.08 Dunedin 23.243 58 12 0.60 Thames 4,444 14 7 145 New Plymouth 3,093 15 3 1.110 Napier 7,680 44 10 1.26 Wanganui 4,('0l 19 8 1.85 Blenheim ... 3,094 13 3 0.99 Nelson 7,315 16 5 0 65 Sydenham 9,465 30 12 1.17 Lyttelton 3,996 13 3 0,72 Timaru 3,7*4 12 5 1.32 Oamaru 5,330 14 6 1.04 Grey mouth 3,133 8 2 0.«8 Hokitika 2,687 6 5 1.79 Invercargill ... 6,212 21 4 0.77 Totals 497 161
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 4445, 22 July 1887, Page 3
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