New Zealand Gazette – 1881 – No. 59

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



JULY 21.]

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 June, 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 June, 1881.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 1881.

BOROUGHS. POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. Males Females Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 1881. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1880.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland ... 16,675 51 1 2 3 1 2 6 15 0.89 13.84
Wellington 20,535 69 4 2 8 3 1 2 20 0.97 18.39
Christchurch 15,214 50 2 1 7 5 1 2 17 1.11 17.81
Dunedin 24,377 69 9 4 7 5 11 6 42 1.72 14.35
Thames 4,864 11 1 1 1 3 2 8 16 3.29 7.22
Napier 5,756 20 1 ... ... ... 1 2 2 0.35 11.13
Wanganui... 4,643 17 ... ... 3 ... 1 2 6 1.29 21.38
Nelson 6,763 13 ... ... 1 ... ... 1 4 0.59 20.13
Sydenham... 8,459 49 1 ... 2 ... 2 4 9 1.06 16.03
Lyttelton 4,127 18 2 1 2 ... 2 2 9 1.70 15.06
Timaru 3,923 18 4 1 2 ... ... 2 9 2.29 10.81
Oamaru 6,090 19 1 ... 1 ... 1 1 4 1.15 11.57
Hokitika 2,600 13 ... ... 2 ... ... 2 4 1.54 16.12
Caversham 3,994 8 1 ... 1 ... 1 2 5 2.00 13.47
Invercargill 4,592 21 ... 1 1 ... 1 2 5 1.09 9.10
Totals 446 25 16 43 22 28 37 171 ... ...

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 446, against 453 in May, being a decrease of 7. The deaths amounted
to 171 in June, being the same number as in May.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 84; females, 87. 91 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
53.22 per cent. of the whole number; 47 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 June, 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. Under 5 Years 5 Years. & over.
I. Zymotic Diseases 3 3 1 2 2 5 12 2 23 24.47
II. Constitutional Diseases 2 2 2 3 ... 5 6 3 15 15.96
III. Local Diseases 3 6 1 2 1 6 13 6 40 42.55
IV. Developmental Diseases 1 ... 1 1 3 2 4 1 13 13.83
V. Violent Deaths 2 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 3 3.19
VI. Unspecified
Totals ... 6 9 10 10 4 13 29 13 94 100.00

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Measles ... ... ... 11 11
Scarlatina ... ... ... 2 2
Diphtheria ... 2 ... ... 2
Typhoid Fever ... ... ... 1 1
Dysentery ... 1 ... ... 1
Diarrhœa ... 1 ... 1 2
Rheumatic Fever ... ... ... 1 1
Pyæmia ... 1 ... ... 1

ORDER 2:—
Enthetic Disease,—
Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

ORDER 4:—
Parasitic Diseases,—
Thrush | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |



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

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
21 July 1881
Vital statistics, Births, Deaths, Population statistics, Boroughs, Public health, Zymotic diseases