New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 31

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✨ Vital Statistics Report Tables



REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S REPORT on the Vital Statistics of the Boroughs of Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Hokitika, for
the Year 1878.

TABLE showing the Total Number of Births, the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Percentage of Deaths to Population, in the Boroughs of Auckland,
Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Hokitika, during the Year ending 31st December, 1878.

| Boroughs. | Census Population
1st March, 1878. | Total Births. | Deaths. | | | Females. | | | | Proportion of Deaths
to the 1,000
of Population. |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | | | Males. | | 5 Years and
over. | Under
1 Year. | 1 and under
5 Years. | 5 Years and
over. | Total Deaths. | |
| | | | Under
1 Year. | 1 and under
5 Years. | | | | | |
Auckland | 13,758 | 536 | 26 | 15 | 73 | 33 | 13 | 46 | 206 | 14.97 |
| Thames | 5,424 | 186 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 10.13 |
| Wellington | 18,953 | 964 | 76 | 17 | 80 | 48 | 17 | 57 | 295 | 15.56 |
| Nelson | 6,604 | 259 | 20 | 10 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 24 | 110 | 16.65 |
| Christchurch | 13,425 | 608 | 47 | 13 | 61 | 32 | 11 | 54 | 218 | 16.23 |
| Dunedin | 22,525 | 962 | 45 | 13 | 125 | 42 | 7 | 78 | 310 | 13.76 |
| Hokitika | 3,202 | 107 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 4 | ... | 13 | 38 | 11.86 |
| Totals | 83,891 | 3,622 | 236 | 70 | 398 | 190 | 56 | 282 | 1,232 | |

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

The following Table shows the Causes of the Deaths of Persons of both Sexes under 5 Years of Age and 5 Years and upwards, and the Proportion per Cent. of Deaths
from each Cause, in the Boroughs named, and that were Registered, during the Year ending 31st December, 1878.

| Class. | Cause of Death. | Auckland | | Thames | | Wellington | | Nelson | | Christchurch | | Dunedin | | Hokitika | | Total. | Proportion
per Cent. |
|---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| | | Under
5 Years. | 5 Years
and over. | Under
5 Years. | 5 Years
and over. | Under
5 Years. | 5 Years
and over. | Under
5 Years. | 5 Years
and over. | Under
5 Years. | 5 Years
and over. | Under
5 Years. | 5 Years
and over. | Under
5 Years. | 5 Years
and over. | | |
I. | Zymotic Diseases | 29 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 82 | 18 | 32 | 12 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 275 | 22.32 |
II. | Constitutional Diseases | 20 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 48 | 3 | 5 | 201 | 16.32 |
III. | Local Diseases | 29 | 65 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 52 | 58 | 24 | 29 | 56 | 39 | 113 | 5 | 16 | 490 | 39.77 |
IV. | Developmental Diseases | 21 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 36 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 198 | 16.07 |
V. | Violent Deaths | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 68 | 5.52 |
| Not specified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Totals | | 87 | 119 | 33 | 22 | 160 | 135 | 53 | 57 | 102 | 116 | 102 | 208 | 11 | 27 | 1,232 | 100.00 |



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