New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 88

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

R EGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand
during the Month of July, 1879.

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to
Population, in the under-mentioned Boroughs, during the Month of July, 1879.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1879.

BOROUGHS.	POPULATION.	TOTAL BIRTHS.	M: U/1Y	M: 1&U/5Y	M: 5Y+	F: U/1Y	F: 1&U/5Y	F: 5Y+	Total Deaths.	Proportion (per 1,000 Pop.)
Auckland	14,163	34	2	...	5	2	...	2	11	0.77
Wellington	19,467	87	5	1	4	7	2	5	22	1.13
Christchurch	14,186	59	6	...	5	7	...	5	25	1.76
Dunedin	23,261	99	7	1	17	5	...	9	39	1.68
Thames	5,003	19	2	1	2	1	...	2	7	1.40
Napier*	5,415	28	...	...	1	...	...	...	2	0.37
Wanganui*	3,661	26	3	2	7	1	...	3	16	4.38
Nelson	6,804	21	5	...	9	1	...	1	16	2.36
Sydenham*	6,510	38	4	1	5	1	...	1	16	2.46
Lyttelton*	3,476	18	...	...	3	...	...	1	5	1.44
Timaru*	3,389	22	4	...	4	1	...	...	9	2.66
Oamaru*	4,927	29	1	...	5	...	...	2	8	1.62
Hokitika	2,853	10	...	...	2	...	...	...	2	0.70
Caversham*	3,425	15	...	...	...	...	...	1	1	0.29
Invercargill	4,045	22	1	...	1	...	...	...	2	0.49
Totals		527	40	6	68	26	16	25	181	...

The deaths of persons not residents of the boroughs, occurring at hospitals, have been excluded in all cases.
POPULATION. In the cases marked thus * the numbers given are for the 3rd March, 1878, according to the census then
taken; in the other cases the numbers have been estimated for the 1st January, 1879.
† One of these deaths took place at the Christchurch Hospital.
The total births in the above boroughs, excluding Sydenham (now entered for the first time), amounted to 489, against 395
in June, an increase of 94. The deaths amounted to 165 in July, an increase of 21 on the number in June.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 114; females, 67. 88 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
48.62 per cent. of the whole number; 66 of these were of children under one year of age.

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 Proportions per Cent. of Deaths from each cause in the Boroughs of Auckland, Wellington, Christ-
church, and Dunedin that were registered, during the Month of July, 1879.

CLASSES.	CAUSES OF DEATH.	AUCKLAND. Under 5 Years	AUCKLAND. 5 Years & over.	WELLINGTON. Under 5 Years	WELLINGTON. 5 Years & over.	CHRISTCHURCH. Under 5 Years	CHRISTCHURCH. 5 Years & over.	DUNEDIN. Under 5 Years	DUNEDIN. 5 Years & over.	TOTAL.	PROPORTIONS PER CENT.
I.	Zymotic Diseases	2	1	2	...	2	...	5	3	15	15.46
II.	Constitutional Diseases	...	3	...	1	...	5	2	2	13	13.40
III.	Local Diseases	1	...	7	3	10	4	7	11	50	51.55
IV.	Developmental Diseases	...	1	...	...	...	3	...	1	14	14.43
V.	Violent Deaths	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	5	5	5.16
VI.	Unspecified	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	Totals	4	7	11	11	15	10	17	22	97	100.00

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

	AUCKLAND.	WELLINGTON.	CHRISTCHURCH.	DUNEDIN.	TOTAL.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Diphtheria	...	...	1	...	1
Whooping Cough	...	...	...	3	5
Typhoid Fever	...	...	...	2	2
Diarrhœa	...	1	1	1	3
ORDER 3:
Dietic Diseases,—
Want of Breast-milk—Inanition	...	...	...	...	2
Alcoholism	...	1	1	...	1
ORDER 4:—
Parasitic Diseases,—
Thrush	...	...	...	...	1

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

	AUCKLAND.	WELLINGTON.	CHRISTCHURCH.	DUNEDIN.	TOTAL.
ORDER 1:
Diathetic Diseases,—
Cancer	...	...	...	...	3
ORDER 2:—
Tubercular Diseases,—
Phthisis	...	...	2	1	8
Tubercular Meningitis	...	...	...	4	1
Tabes Mesenterica	...	...	...	1	1