VITAL STATISTICS.
FPer Press Assocmtioh.l • WELLINGTON, March 18. The following are the vital statistics for •February: — - j
The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 320, against 395 in January, a decrease of 75. The deaths in Febuary were 156, a decrease of 58 on the number in January. Of the total deaths, males contributed 89, and females 67. Fifty-eight of the deatha were of children under five years of age, being 37*18 per cent of the whole number ; 53 of these were under one year of age. There were 40 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards. Five men, 67, 74, 75, 77, 78, and five women, 65, 68, 69, 83 (two), died at Auckland; six men, 66, 68, 76, 79, 82, 86, and seven women, 68, 69, 77, 78, 83, 91, 97, at Weilington; three men, 70, 78, 88, and five women, 66, 75, 77, 78, 87, at Christchurch ; and seven men, 65 (three), 70, 74, 77, 92, and two women, 67, 84, at Dunedin. The following are the statistics for some of the smaller boroughs : —
■s§§ II" 5 g 113 i I til! _w^ «_ p *°^g, Auckland 32,274 66 40 124 Birtenhcad ... 720 I>evonport 3,205 3 5 1*56 Newmarket 2,0+1 2 5 245 Newton 2.550 8 4 0-39 Parnell 4,233 9 1 0-24 Totals 45,053 88 55 T23 Wellington 40,220 53 31 0-77 TCarori 1,038 Melrose 2,220 S 2 0-90 Onslow 1,313 3 1 07« Totals 44,791 59 34 076 Christchaicli 17,257 37 12 070 Linwood 6,343 12 3 0 g 47 St Albans 6;265 12 8 I*B Sydenham 10,630 24 8 075 Woolston 2,1:23 7 3 1*35 Totals 42,728 02 34 0-80 Dtuicdin ... ... ... 23,323 30 17 073 Caverßliiun 4,829 12 4 o*B3 Maori Hill 1,548 5 1 0"65 Mornington 3,787 8 North-east Valley 3,515 7 2 057 Eoalyn 4,219 5 2 0-47 Sb Kilda „. 1,2 M 2 2 V 55 South «nnedin 4,762 10 5 1-05 West Harbour 1,395 2 Totals 48,672 81 33 O'6S
g g5 o g I I ! If!! 1 a a g a°-» Thames ... 5,500! 11 7 1*27 New Plymouth 4,03114 5 1-23 Napier 9,388 20 15 I*6o Wanpurai 6,103 9 5 0-82 Palmerston North ... ... 6,143 16 4 0*65 Blenheim 3,14S 14 2 0-64 Nelson 6,804 !) 9 1"32 Greymouth 3.319J 6 7 2*ll • HokiMka 2,252! 3 1 o'<4 Ljttelton 4,0531 7 3 074 limaru - ... 3,732! 10 4 1-07 Oarnarn * ... 5,309, 9 3 056 InTercargill ' ... 5,689| 7 ' 2 035
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6132, 19 March 1898, Page 6
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