New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 9

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

106 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S REPORT on the Vital Statistics of the Boroughs of Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hokitika, and Invercargill, during the Month of December, 1878.

TABLE showing the Number of Births, the actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Popula-
tion, in the Boroughs of Auckland, Thames, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hokitika, and Invercargill, during
the Month of December, 1878.

BOROUGHS.	CENSUS POPULA- TION, MARCH, 1878.	TOTAL BIRTHS.	Males Under 1 Year.	Males 1 & under 5 Years.	Males 5 Years and over.	Females Under 1 Year.	Females 1 & under 5 Years.	Females 5 Years and over.	Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population.
Auckland	13,758	36	5	1	10	6	1	6	29	2.11
Thames	5,424	18	4	...	4	4	...	1	10	1.84
Wellington	18,953	113	9	2	6	6	3	4	28	1.48
Nelson	6,604	18	...	2	1	...	2	1	7	1.06
Christchurch	13,425	41	7	1	8	3	1	7	27	2.01
Dunedin	22,525	72	1	...	1	1	...	9	25	1.11
Hokitika	3,202	7	...	...	...	...	1	2	2	0.62
Invercargill	3,761	18	1	...	...	...	...	1	4	1.06
Totals	...	323	27	6	38	21	7	33	132	...

The deaths of persons not residents of the boroughs, occurring at hospitals, have been excluded in all cases.
The births were 4 less in number than in November.
Of the deaths, 43 were more in number than the deaths in November.
Of the deaths, males contributed 71; females, 61: 61 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 46.21
per cent. of the whole number; 48 of these were of children under 1 year of age.
There were 11 deaths of persons over 65 years of age (7 males and 4 females), viz., 1 male of 80, and 2 females of 65 and
73, at Auckland; 2 males of 71 and 78, and 1 female of 80, at Christchurch; and 4 males of 65, 67, 68, and 70, and 1 female of
83, at Dunedin.

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 named, and that were registered, during the Month of
December, 1878.

CLASSES.	CAUSES OF DEATH.	AUCKLAND.	THAMES.	WELLINGTON.	NELSON.	CH'CH.	DUNEDIN.	HOKITIKA.	INVERCARGILL.	TOTAL.	PROPORTIONS PER CENT.
		Under 5 Years.	5 Years & over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years & over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years & over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years & over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years & over.
I.	Zymotic Diseases	8	2	6	...	5	1	1	1	6	1
II.	Constitutional Diseases	2	3	1	2	4	2	...	...	4	8
III.	Local Diseases	...	11	...	...	10	2	...	4	2	1
IV.	Developmental Diseases	2	1	...	...	...	3	...	1	2	1
V.	Violent Deaths	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...	1	...
	Unspecified	...	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	...	...
	Totals ...	13	16	8	2	20	8	3	4	12	15

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Miasmatic Diseases.—Scarlet Fever, 1; Croup, 1; Whooping Cough, 3; Typhoid Fever, 6; Diarrhœa, 18;
Rheumatism, 1.
ORDER 3.—Dietic Diseases.—Want of Breast-milk, 1; Inanition of Infancy, 1.
ORDER 4.—Parasitic Diseases.—Thrush, 1.

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Diathetic Diseases.—Carcinoma, 1.
ORDER 2.—Tubercular Diseases.—Cachexia, 1; Tabes Mesenterica, 3; Phthisis, 13; Hydrocephalus, 5.

CLASS III.—LOCAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Diseases of Nervous System.—Myelitis, 1; Apoplexy, 3; Paralysis, 4; Hemiplegia, 2; Insanity, 1; Epilepsy, 1.
ORDER 2.—Diseases of Organs of Circulation.—Aneurism, 2; Heart Disease, 4.
ORDER 3.—Diseases of Respiratory Organs.—Bronchitis, 8; Pleurisy, 1; Pneumonia, 6; Congestion of Lungs, 1.
ORDER 4.—Diseases of Digestive Organs.—Enteritis, 2; Peritonitis, 1; Ulceration of Intestines, 1; Femoral Hernia, 1;
Cirrhosis, 2; Liver Disease, 3.
ORDER 5.—Diseases of Urinary Organs.—Bright's Disease, 1.
ORDER 6.—Diseases of Organs of Generation.—Ovarotomy, 1.
ORDER 7.—Diseases of Organs of Locomotion.—Caries, 1.

CLASS IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Developmental Diseases of Children.—Premature Birth, 3.
ORDER 3.—Developmental Diseases of Old People.—Old Age, 2.
ORDER 4.—Diseases of Nutrition.—Marasmus, 7.

CLASS V.—VIOLENT DEATHS.
ORDER 1.—Accident.—Fracture, 4; Dislocation, 1; Scald, 1; Poison, 2.
ORDER 4.—Suicide.—Drowning, 1.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1879, No 9

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