DEATHS INCREASE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 809, 1 November 1929, Page 16

DEATHS INCREASE

BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES LOWER OCTOBER STATISTICS * A decrease in both births and marriages has marked the past month, in comparison with the figures for October of last year. Births fell from 290 last year to 259, while marriages decreased from 182 to 157. At the same time deaths rose from 157 to 179. The number of marriage ceremonies performed by the registrar also showed a decrease, the figures being 43 and 33, a falling away of 10 compared with last year. A decrease is also shown in the figures for the first ten months of this year compared with the same period last year, there being a decline of 182 in the total number of births and of 41 in the number of marriages, while the total number of deaths had increased by 57. The comparative figures for the first ten months of this year and last year are as follow: 1929 Marriages

Marriage Month Births Deaths Notices by Registrar January 317 122 164 34 February 258 106 163 42 March 238 116 226 47 April 210 144 167 32 May 244 184 161 45 June 211 165 150 38 July 244 191 153 46 August 259 175 144 September 265 167 155 36 October 259 179 157 33 Totals 2535 1549 1640 378 1928 Marriages by' MaVriage Regis - Month Births DeatJis Notices trar January 284 m 163 40 February 315 134 169 34 March 288 137 209 41 April 254 124 183 44 May 279 149 181 45 June 239 135 182 49 July 251 186 139 4o August 269 181 141 42 September 248 157 132 37 October 290 157 182 43 Totals 2717 1492 1681 420