New Zealand Gazette – 1880 – No. 109

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 109

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of October, 1880.

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 October, 1880.

BOROUGHS. POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 1880.
Males. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland 15,022 51 4 ... 5 3 ... 5 17 1.13
Wellington 21,582 82 5 ... 5 1 ... 6 17 0.79
Christchurch 15,156 64 ... 1 7 2 ... 2 12 0.79
Dunedin 23,959 71 5 ... 11 1 3 8 28 1.17
Thames 5,814 15 ... ... 1 ... 1 3 5 0.86
Napier 6,650 41 ... ... 5 1 ... ... 6 0.90
Wanganui 4,163 20 ... ... 1 ... ... 1 2 0.48
Nelson 6,804 19 2 ... 5 ... 2 1 10 1.47
Sydenham 7,796 89 ... ... 2 ... ... 1 3 0.38
Lyttelton 3,653 18 ... ... ... 1 ... 1 2 0.55
Timaru 3,791 9 ... 1 1 ... ... 1 3 0.79
Oamaru 5,098 28 ... ... ... ... ... 3 3 0.59
Hokitika 2,668 13 ... ... ... ... ... 2 2 0.75
Caversham 3,786 6 ... ... 1 ... ... 4 5 1.32
Invercargill 4,283 21 ... ... 1 1 1 0 3 0.70
Totals ... 497 18 7 45 11 8 30 119 ...

The deaths of persons not residents of the boroughs, occurring at hospitals, have been excluded in all cases.

POPULATION.—In the case of Nelson the population is given according to the estimate for January, 1880, as the local authorities have not yet supplied the information necessary to enable the estimate to be corrected. In the other cases the estimates are for the 1st January, 1880.

The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 497, against 485 in September, being a decrease of 12. The deaths amounted to 119 in October, a decrease of 45 on the number for September.

Of the above deaths, males contributed 70; females, 49. 44 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 36.97 per cent. of the whole number; 28 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, Christchurch, and Dunedin that were registered during the Month of October, 1880.

CLASSES. CAUSES OF DEATH. AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. 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.
I. Zymotic Diseases ... 1 3 6 3 1 2 3 8 10.39
II. Constitutional Diseases ... ... 6 3 3 1 8 6 18 23.38
III. Local Diseases ... 4 6 3 2 3 4 6 34 44.15
IV. Developmental Diseases ... 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 11 14.29
V. Violent Deaths ... ... 1 2 1 ... 1 1 5 6.49
VI. Unspecified ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1 1 1.30
Totals ... 7 10 9 11 8 9 9 19 77

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Enteric or Typhoid Fever ... ... ... 1 3
Diarrhoea ... ... ... ... 2
Rheumatism of Heart ... ... 1 ... ...
ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases,—
Inanition of Infancy ... 1 ... ... ...

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
ORDER 2:—
Tubercular Diseases,—
Scrofula ... ... ... 1 1
Phthisis ... 3 2 3 7
Serous Effusion on Brain ... ... 1 ... ...
Tubercular Meningitis ... ... ... ... 1


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