✨ Vital Statistics Report
JUNE 24.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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R EGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand
during the Month of May, 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 May, 1880.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN MAY, 1880.
| BOROUGHS. | POPULA- TION. | 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 | 15,022 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 1.46 |
| Wellington | 21,582 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 0.98 |
| Christchurch | 15,156 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 1.52 |
| Dunedin | 23,959 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 1.08 |
| Thames | 5,814 | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 0.52 |
| Napier | 6,650 | 11 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 0.75 |
| Wanganui | 4,163 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 1.20 |
| Nelson | 6,804 | 21 | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | 8 | 1.18 |
| Sydenham | 7,796 | 42 | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 8 | 1.03 |
| Lyttelton | 3,653 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1.09 |
| Timaru | 3,791 | 16 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 0.26 |
| Oamaru | 5,098 | 26 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 0.78 |
| Hokitika | 2,668 | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 0.75 |
| Caversham | 3,786 | 20 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 0.79 |
| Invercargill | 4,283 | 12 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 5 | 1.17 |
| Totals | ... | 462 | 23 | 6 | 54 | 20 | 9 | 28 | 140 | ... |
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, 1879, 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 462, against 510 in April, being a decrease of 48. The deaths
amounted to 140 in May, a decrease of 39 on the number in April.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 83; females, 57. 58 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
41.43 per cent. of the whole number; 46 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 May, 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. | ||
| I. | Zymotic Diseases | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| II. | Constitutional Diseases | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| III. | Local Diseases | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| IV. | Developmental Diseases | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| V. | Violent Deaths | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| VI. | Unspecified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 11 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 17 |
CLASS I.---ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases, —
Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Diarrhœa | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 |
ORDER 2:—
Enthetic Diseases, —
Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 |
ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases, —
Exposure to Cold-privation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Inanition of Infancy | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Alcoholism | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
CLASS II.---CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Diathetic Diseases, —
Cancer | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
ORDER 2:—
Tubercular Diseases, —
Strumous Disease of Joints | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Phthisis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10
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🏛️ Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics for Principal Towns of New Zealand during May 1880
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration24 June 1880
Vital statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, May 1880, Zymotic Diseases