VITAL STATISTICS
FOUR CENTRES COMPARED. The Gazette contains the following comparative table of the death-rate pci 1000 of population in the four cities and corresponding metropolitan areas (given, in parentheses) for July:—Auckland, 1.13 (1.01); “Wellington. 0.74 (0.67); Christchurch, 0.94 (0.95): Dunedin. 1.30 (1.21). Including the suburban portions, Dunedin is the highest and Wellington tho lowest- Compared with July, 1919 and 1920, the results for the metropolitan areas are:—
The total births registered for the four metropolitan areas were 715.. as against 701 in June—an increase of 14- The deaths in July were 421. .Of the total deaths, males contributed 225. females 193. Seventy-four o # the death's were of children under five years of age, being 17.5 per cent, of the whole number. Sixty of these were under one year of age.
1919. . 1920. 1921. Auckland ... 0.93 1.03 1.01 ... 0.81 1.0 0.67 Christchurch ... ... 1.05 1.25 0.95 Dunedin ... 0.7 1.28 1.21
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 274, 13 August 1921, Page 7
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149VITAL STATISTICS Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 274, 13 August 1921, Page 7
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