VITAL STATISTICS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5633, 19 April 1879, Page 3

VITAL STATISTICS.

The following table shows the number of births, the actual mortality, and the proportion of deaths to population in the boroughs _ of Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hokitika, and Invercargill, during the month of March, 1879: —

The births were 21 more than in February, 1879. The deaths were 21 less in number than the deaths in February, 1879. Of the deaths, males contributed 87; females, 64 : 84 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 55'63 per cent, of the whole number ; 65 of these were of children under 1 year of age. There were 9 deaths of persons over 65 years of age, viz., 2 males of 66 and 79 and 1 female of 70 at Auckland ; 1 male of 79 at Thames ; 2 males of 73 and 84 at Dunedin ; 1 female of 68 at Christchurch; 1 male of 65 and 1 female of 70 at Wellington.

Boroughs. Estimated mean population, for 1S79. Total Births 1 Deaths uu- | der one yr. , |l Proportion of Deaths to the 1000 of Population. Auckland 14,163 38 13 23 1*62 Thames 6,003 17 1 6 O'OO ’Wellington .. 19,407 75 23 64 2-77 6,804 23 1 3 Christchurch .. 14,ISO 43 10 10 134 Dunedin 23,201 71 12 30 1 Hokitika 2,853 6 i 4 1*40 Invercargill .. 4,045 19 4 7 Total.. 291 33 151