New Zealand Gazette – 1881 – No. 38

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 38

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

BETURN 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 April, 1881.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, 1881.

BOROUGHS. POPULA- TION. TOTAL BIRTHS. Males. 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 39 1 2 2 3 3 2 13 0.81
Wellington 20,535 79 5 1 8 7 2 10 33 1.61
Christchurch 15,156 50 6 2 7 3 1 6 23 1.52
Dunedin 23,959 68 5 1 10 5 ... 8 29 1.21
Thames 5,814 22 ... ... 1 1 ... 2 4 0.69
Napier 6,650 22 ... ... ... 1 1 ... 2 0.30
Wanganui 4,163 15 ... ... 1 ... ... ... 5 1.20
Nelson 6,763 20 1 ... ... 3 ... 1 5 0.74
Sydenham 7,796 35 ... ... ... ... 1 2 9 1.15
Lyttelton 3,653 15 2 ... ... 1 ... ... 4 1.09
Timaru 3,791 13 1 2 ... ... 1 2 8 2.11
Oamaru 5,098 20 ... ... 3 2 ... 1 8 1.57
Hokitika 2,668 4 ... ... 2 ... ... 2 5 1.87
Caversham 3,786 8 2 ... ... 1 ... 1 6 1.58
Invercargill 4,283 14 2 ... ... ... ... 2 4 0.93
Totals 424 29 8 45 28 11 37 158 ...

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 424, against 460 in March, being a decrease of 36. The deaths
amounted to 158 in April, a decrease of 25 on the number for March.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 82; females, 76. 76 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
48.10 per cent. of the whole number; 57 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 April, 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 2 1 10 7 2 4
II. Constitutional Diseases 3 2 4 4 4 7
III. Local Diseases 2 1 5 2 4 7
IV. Developmental Diseases 2 2 1 3 ... ...
V. Violent Deaths ... ... ... ... ... ...
VI. Unspecified ... ... ... ... ... ...
Totals 9 4 15 18 10 13

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Measles
Croup
Typhoid Fever
Simple Continued Fever
Dysentery
Diarrhea

ORDER 3:---
Dietic Diseases,—
Inanition of Infancy ...

ORDER 4:---
Parasitic Diseases,—
Thrush

AUCKLAND. WELLING- TON. CHRIST- CHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
ORDER 1:— Miasmatic Diseases,—
Measles ... ... ... 3 3
Croup ... 1 ... ... 1
Typhoid Fever ... 5 1 1 7
Simple Continued Fever 1 6 1 ... 8
Dysentery ... ... ... ... ...
Diarrhea 1 4 3 ... 8
ORDER 3:--- Dietic Diseases,—
Inanition of Infancy ... ... 1 ... 2 3
ORDER 4:--- Parasitic Diseases,—
Thrush 1 ... ... ... 1


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