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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 January, 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 January, 1881.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN JANUARY, 1881.
| BOROUGHS. | POPULATION. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | \multicolumn{3}{ | c | }{Males.} | \multicolumn{3}{ | c | }{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 | 40 | 5 | ... | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 1.20 |
| Wellington | 21,582 | 77 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ... | 2 | 25 | 1.11 |
| Christchurch | 15,156 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 1.85 |
| Dunedin | 23,959 | 69 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ... | 2 | 16 | 0.67 |
| Thames | 5,814 | 22 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | 0.86 |
| Napier | 6,650 | 20 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 7 | 1.05 |
| Wanganui | 4,163 | 22 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 9 | 2.16 |
| Nelson | 6,804 | 21 | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1.47 |
| Sydenham | 7,796 | 32 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | 10 | 1.28 |
| Lyttelton | 3,653 | 16 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 0.82 |
| Timaru | 3,791 | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 0.53 |
| Oamaru | 5,098 | 27 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 6 | 1.18 |
| Hokitika | 2,668 | 10 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Caversham | 3,786 | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Invercargill | 4,283 | 13 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 0.47 |
| Totals | 439 | 44 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 38 | 154 | ... |
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 439, against 463 in December, being a decrease of 24. The deaths
amounted to 154 in January, an increase of 5 on the number for December.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 81; females, 73. 85 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
55.20 per cent. of the whole number; 75 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 January, 1881.
| CLASSES. | CAUSES OF DEATH. | \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{AUCKLAND.} | \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{WELLINGTON.} | \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{CHRISTCHURCH.} | \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{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 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 35.63 |
| II. | Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13.79 |
| III. | Local Diseases | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 28.74 |
| IV. | Developmental Diseases | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13.79 |
| V. | Violent Deaths | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 6.90 |
| VI. | Unspecified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1.15 |
| | Totals | 11 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 87 | 100.00 |
ORDER 1:— CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Typhoid fever ... ... ... ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 |
Dysentery ... ... ... ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | 4 | 17 |
Diarrhœa ... ... ... ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 7 | ... | 4 | 2 |
Rheumatic Fever ... ... ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
ORDER 2:—
Enthetic Diseases,—
Stricture ... ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases,—
Starvation ... ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Inanition of Infancy ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 |
ORDER 4:—
Parasitic Diseases,—
Thrush ... ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | CHRISTCHURCH. | DUNEDIN. | TOTAL. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORDER 1:— | |||||
| Miasmatic Diseases,— | |||||
| Typhoid fever | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| Diarrhœa | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Rheumatic Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| ORDER 2:— | |||||
| Enthetic Diseases,— | |||||
| Stricture ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| ORDER 3:— | |||||
| Dietic Diseases,— | |||||
| Starvation | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Inanition of Infancy ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 |
| ORDER 4:— | |||||
| Parasitic Diseases,— | |||||
| Thrush ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
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