New Zealand Gazette – 1881 – No. 27

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 441

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

DEATHS REGISTERED IN MARCH, 1881.

BOROUGHS. POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. M. Under 1 Year. M. 1 & under 5 Years. M. 5 Years and over. F. Under 1 Year. F. 1 & under 5 Years. F. 5 Years and over. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population.
Auckland 15,022 55 6 1 4 4 3 5 23 1.53
Wellington 21,582 73 4 4 7 7 1 3 26 1.20
Christchurch 15,156 44 8 4 6 4 ... 2 24 1.58
Dunedin 23,959 86 4 3 6 5 2 10 30 1.25
Thames 5,814 13 1 ... 3 3 1 3 10 1.72
Napier 6,650 24 3 ... 3 ... ... 2 6 0.90
Wanganui 4,163 14 ... ... 1 ... ... 1 3 0.72
Nelson 6,804 19 1 1 3 ... ... 1 6 0.88
Sydenham 7,796 32 2 1 3 4 1 2 16 2.05
Lyttelton 3,653 18 3 ... 3 1 ... 1 8 2.19
Timaru 3,791 17 3 ... 3 3 1 2 9 2.37
Oamaru 5,098 24 3 2 4 4 1 1 11 2.16
Hokitika 2,668 9 ... 2 ... 1 1 1 4 1.50
Caversham 3,786 14 1 ... 1 ... 1 1 3 0.79
Invercargill 4,283 18 1 ... 1 1 1 ... 4 0.93
Totals ... 460 40 18 43 36 14 32 183 ...

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 460, against 400 in February, being an increase of 60. The deaths
amounted to 183 in March, an increase of 21 on the number for February.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 101; females, 82. 108 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
59.02 per cent. of the whole number; 76 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 March, 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 4 9 3 11 1
II. Constitutional Diseases 2 3 3 2 3 4
III. Local Diseases 1 1 2 2 3 ...
IV. Developmental Diseases 6 ... 4 1 2 ...
V. Violent Deaths ... 1 ... ... ... ...
VI. Unspecified ... ... ... ... ... ...
Totals ... 14 9 16 10 16 8

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

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Measles ... ... ... 1 1
Croup ... ... ... ... ...
Whooping Cough ... ... 1 ... 1
Typhoid Fever ... 1 ... ... 1
Erysipelas 2 ... 1 1 4
Dysentery 1 ... ... ... 1
Diarrhœa 4 7 5 4 16

ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases, —

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Inanition of Infancy ... 1 1 1 1 4

ORDER 4:—
Parasitic Diseases, —
Thrush

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Thrush ... ... ... 1 1


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🏛️ Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics for Principal Towns, March 1881

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
21 April 1881
Vital statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, Mortality rates, Zymotic Diseases
  • Registrar-General