New Zealand Gazette – 1880 – No. 89

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



SEPT. 16.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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

DEATHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1880.

BOROUGHS. POPULATION. 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 45 1 ... 6 2 2 2 13 0.87
Wellington 21,582 96 9 6 15 7 7 5 49 2.27
Christchurch 15,156 51 8 1 4 4 1 ... 18 1.19
Dunedin 23,959 92 1 1 10 4 1 6 23 0.96
Thames 5,814 18 ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1 0.17
Napier 6,650 32 2 1 1 ... ... 1 3 0.45
Wanganui 4,163 26 1 ... 1 ... ... 1 3 0.72
Nelson 6,804 18 3 ... 5 1 2 1 15 2.20
Sydenham 7,796 39 6 1 1 2 1 1 12 1.54
Lyttelton 3,653 17 3 3 2 ... ... ... 8 2.19
Timaru 3,791 13 1 ... 1 ... ... 1 6 1.58
Oamaru 5,098 28 1 2 2 ... ... 2 8 0.59
Hokitika 2,668 8 ... ... 4 2 ... 2 8 3.53
Caversham 3,786 13 ... ... 1 ... ... 1 3 0.79
Invercargill 4,283 18 1 1 1 ... ... 2 5 0.47
Totals 514 38 11 56 18 13 31 167

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 514, against 545 in July, being a decrease of 31. The deaths
amounted to 167 in August, the same number as in July.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 105; females, 62. 80 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
47.90 per cent. of the whole number; 56 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 August, 1880.

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 ... 1 8 4 2 1 ... 2 18 17.47
II. Constitutional Diseases ... 2 ... 2 ... ... 2 3 8 7.77
III. Local Diseases 4 4 19 13 5 2 ... 6 64 62.14
IV. Developmental Diseases ... ... 2 ... 2 1 1 1 8 7.77
V. Violent Deaths 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... ... ... 5 4.85
VI. Unspecified ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Totals 5 8 29 20 9 9 7 16 103 100.00

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

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.
ORDER 1:— Miasmatic Diseases,— ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1
Diphtheria ... ... ... ... 7 1 ... 2 7
Whooping Cough ... ... ... ... 1 2 ... ... 2
Enteric or Typhoid Fever ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Diarrhœa ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... 2 2
ORDER 3: Dietic Diseases,— ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Inanition of Infancy ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... 1 2
Alcoholism ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
ORDER 4:— Parasitic Diseases,— ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Thrush ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Hydatids ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

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.
ORDER 1:— Diathetic Diseases,— ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Anæmia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1
ORDER 2:— Tubercular Diseases,— ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1
Scrofula ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Phthisis ... ... ... 2 2 ... ... 2 4
Tubercular Meningitis ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2


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🏛️ Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics for Principal Towns, August 1880

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
16 September 1880
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, Zymotic Diseases, Constitutional Diseases