New Zealand Gazette – 1881 – No. 102

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



Nov. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1585

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of October, 1881.

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, 1881.

BOROUGHS. POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 1881. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1880.
Males. Females.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, Oct., 1881.
Auckland ... 16,664 55 1 1 5 ... 3 4 14 0·84
Wellington 20,563 77 2 2 11 1 1 3 20 0·96
Christchurch 15,213 45 1 ... 4 ... 2 ... 7 0·46
Dunedin ... 24,372 80 4 6 13 ... 1 5 31 1·27
Thames ... 4,863 23 ... ... 3 1 2 1 7 1·44
Napier ... 5,756 21 2 ... 1 ... ... 2 5 0·87
Wanganui... 4,646 19 3 ... ... ... ... 1 4 0·86
Nelson ... 6,764 13 ... 1 4 1 ... 2 8 1·18
Sydenham... 8,460 30 4 ... ... ... 1 1 6 0·71
Lyttelton ... 4,127 16 1 ... 1 ... ... 1 3 0·73
Timaru ... 3,917 17 ... ... 4 1 ... ... 5 1·28
Oamaru ... 5,791 20 3 1 3 ... ... 2 9 1·55
Hokitika ... 2,600 7 ... ... ... 1 ... 1 2 0·77
Caversham 3,989 13 ... ... 1 ... ... 2 3 0·75
Invercargill 4,596 22 4 ... ... ... 1 1 6 1·31
Totals ... 458 25 11 50 7 11 26 130 ...

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

The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 458, against 476 in September, being a decrease of 18. The deaths amounted to 130 in October, a decrease of 45 on the number for September.

Of the above deaths, males contributed 86; females, 44. 54 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 24·62 per cent. of the whole number; 32 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, 1881.

CLASS. 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 ... 4 2 1 3 1 ... 5 1 17 23·61
II. Constitutional Diseases ... 1 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 10 15 20·83
III. Local Diseases ... ... 5 4 7 2 3 6 5 32 44·45
IV. Developmental Diseases ... ... 1 1 2 ... ... 2 2 8 11·11
V. Violent Deaths ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
VI. Unspecified ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Totals ... 5 9 6 14 3 4 13 18 72 100·00

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—

Measles ... ... ... ... ... 3 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3
Scarlatina ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 4
Diphtheria ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... ... 2
Croup ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Whooping Cough ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... ... ... 2
Typhoid Fever ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... ... 2

ORDER 2:—
Enthetic Diseases,—

Syphilis (hereditary) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1

ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases,—

Inanition ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... 1
Intemperance ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Diathetic Diseases,—

Cancer ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... 2



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24 November 1881
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, New Zealand