New Zealand Gazette – 1881 – No. 105

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



DEC. 15.]

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 November, 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 November, 1881.

BOROUGHS. POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN NOVEMBER, 1881. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, Nov., 1881. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1880.
Males. Females. Total Deaths.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland ... 16,664 51 4 1 11 4 2 5 27 1.62 13.84
Wellington 20,563 90 3 2 5 5 3 1 19 0.92 18.39
Christchurch 15,213 39 5 1 7 2 4 1 16 1.05 17.81
Dunedin 24,372 65 2 4 5 3 6 21 0.86 14.35
Thames 4,863 8 1 ... 2 ... 1 4 0.82 7.22
Napier 5,756 29 1 1 3 2 2 9 1.56 11.13
Wanganui... 4,646 24 ... 1 1 ... 5 6 1.29 ...
Nelson 6,764 11 ... ... 2 ... 4 6 0.89 20.13
Sydenham.. 8,460 34 5 1 1 1 1 2 11 1.30 16.03
Lyttelton 4,127 21 1 ... ... ... ... 1 1 0.24 15.06
Timaru 3,917 21 ... 2 3 ... ... 2 2 0.77 10.81
Oamaru 5,791 24 ... ... ... ... 2 2 0.35 11.57
Hokitika 2,600 5 1 ... ... ... ... 2 2 0.77 16.12
Caversham 3,989 11 ... ... ... ... 1 1 1.52 13.47
Invercargill 4,596 14 1 1 2 ... 1 2 7 1.52 9.10
Totals ... 447 26 10 39 15 12 32 134 ... ...

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 447, against 458 in October, being a decrease of 11. The deaths
amounted to 134 in November, an increase of 4 on the number for October.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 75; females, 59. 63 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
47.01 per cent. of the whole number; 41 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 November, 1881.

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 1 3 3 3 1
II. Constitutional Diseases ... 4 2 7 3 3
III. Local Diseases 3 8 7 2 1 1
IV. Developmental Diseases 1 2 1 1 ... 1
V. Violent Deaths 2 1 ... ... 1 ...
VI. Unspecified ... ... ... ... ... ...
Totals 11 16 13 6 8 8

ORDER 1: CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Miasmatic Diseases,—

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Scarlatina ... ... ... 5 8
Diphtheria ... 3 3 ... 3
Whooping Cough ... ... ... 1 1
Erysipelas ... ... ... 1 1
Dysentery ... ... ... 1 1
Diarrhœa ... ... ... ... ...

ORDER 3: Dietic Diseases,—
Alcoholism

ORDER 1: CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Diathetic Diseases,—
Cancer

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... 2 2


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🏛️ Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics for November 1881

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
15 December 1881
Vital statistics, Births, Deaths, Mortality, Population proportion, Boroughs, November 1881