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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19]
R EGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand
during the Month of February, 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 February, 1881.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 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 | 43 | 4 | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| Wellington | ... | 21,582 | 65 | 10 | ... | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 36 |
| Christchurch | ... | 15,156 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| Dunedin | ... | 23,959 | 57 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| Thames | ... | 5,814 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Napier | ... | 6,650 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Wanganui | ... | 4,163 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Nelson | ... | 6,804 | 15 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 12 |
| Sydenham | ... | 7,796 | 34 | 6 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 14 |
| Lyttelton | ... | 3,653 | 20 | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | 13 |
| Timaru | ... | 3,791 | 14 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 |
| Oamaru | ... | 5,098 | 27 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 2 | ... | 10 |
| Hokitika | ... | 2,668 | 12 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 6 |
| Caversham | ... | 3,786 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Invercargill | ... | 4,283 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Totals | ... | ... | 400 | 46 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 162 |
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 400, against 439 in January, being a decrease of 39. The deaths
amounted to 162 in February, an increase of 8 on the number for January.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 92; females, 70. 101 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
62.35 per cent. of the whole number; 91 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 February, 1881.
| 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 | ... | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ... | 40 | 44.44 |
| II. Constitutional Diseases | ... | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12.22 |
| III. Local Diseases | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 23 | 25.56 |
| IV. Developmental Diseases | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 10 | 11.11 |
| V. Violent Deaths | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 6.67 |
| VI. Unspecified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | ... | 7 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 90 | 100.00 |
CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
| AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | CHRISTCHURCH. | DUNEDIN. | TOTAL. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORDER 1:— Miasmatic Diseases,— | |||||
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Scarlatina | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 |
| Diarrhoea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| ORDER 3:— Dietic Diseases,— | |||||
| Privation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Inanition of Infancy ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... |
| Malnutrition (brought up on preserved milk) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| ORDER 4:— Parasitic Diseases,— | |||||
| Thrush | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
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