VITAL STATISTICS.
(By Telegraph.) WKLHNOTOif, March 12. The vital statistics for the month of 1 February are —
The death of persons not resident • m Boroughs occurring at hospitals has, : been excluded m all cases. The total births ' m the above Boroughs amounted to 400, 1 against 506 m January, a decrease of 106. • The deaths m February were 207, an increase ' of 18 on the number for January, Of the ' above deaths, males contributed 115, and ' females 92. One hundred and sixteen of the deaths were of children under 5 years ' of age, being 56.04 per cent of the whole ■ number ; 97 of these were of children under ' 1 year of age.
Proportion of deaths ' to 1000 of 1 Birtliß. Deaths, population. : Auckland ... 86 36 1.28 ; Wellington ... 64 36 1.58 : Christchurch ... 29 37 2.26 DuDedin ... 43 21 0.85 Thames ... 12 4 0.74 New Plymouth 13 5 1.31 1 Napier ... 21 14 2.18 Wanganui ... 17 6 1.16 1 Nelson ... 30 12 1.65 1 Sydenham ... 28 14 1.45 L Lyttelton ... 8 7 2.52 1 Timaru ... 7 6 1.38 fc Oamaru ..14 4 0.61 » Hokitika ... 10 1 0.35 ' Caversham ... 7 1 0.23 E Invercargill ... 21" 3 0.58 b Totals ... 400 207
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Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3264, 13 March 1885, Page 2
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198VITAL STATISTICS. Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3264, 13 March 1885, Page 2
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