New Zealand Gazette – 1881 – No. 66

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

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

BOROUGHS. POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1881. Males. Females. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 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. Total Deaths.
Auckland ... 16,675 36 1 2 8 1 1 10 23 1.38 13.84
Wellington 20,535 69 5 ... 9 1 3 7 29 1.41 18.39
Christchurch 15,214 42 5 ... 10 4 ... 5 24 1.58 17.81
Dunedin 24,377 89 ... 4 7 2 ... 8 21 0.86 14.35
Thames 4,864 17 2 ... 4 ... 1 ... 6 1.23 7.22
Napier 5,756 24 ... ... 3 ... 1 ... 5 0.87 11.13
Wanganui... 4,643 20 2 ... 3 ... 2 ... 9 1.94 21.38
Nelson 6,763 22 ... ... 1 ... ... ... 1 0.15 20.13
Sydenham. 8,459 33 2 ... 4 2 ... 2 10 1.18 16.03
Lyttelton 4,127 12 ... ... 2 ... 3 ... 5 1.21 15.06
Timaru 3,923 13 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... 7 1.78 10.81
Oamaru 6,090 22 ... ... 1 ... ... 4 5 0.82 11.57
Hokitika 2,600 7 ... 1 3 2 1 ... 6 2.31 16.12
Caversham 3,994 9 2 ... 2 ... 1 ... 8 2.00 13.47
Invercargill 4,592 18 2 ... 1 ... ... 1 5 1.09 9.10
Totals 433 19 11 60 21 7 46 164

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 433, against 446 in June, being a decrease of 13. The deaths amounted
to 164 in July, a decrease of 7 on the number for June.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 90; females, 74. 58 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
55.36 per cent. of the whole number; 40 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 July, 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 3 5 3 1 5
II. Constitutional Diseases 1 ... 3 9 ... 2
III. Local Diseases 2 8 7 3 6 1
IV. Developmental Diseases 2 1 ... 1 4 1
V. Violent Deaths ... ... ... ... 1 ...
VI. Unspecified ... ... ... ... ... ...
Totals ... 5 18 13 16 9 15

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases, —
Measles
Scarlatina
Diphtheria
Croup
Typhoid Fever
Puerperal Peritonitis...
Dysentery
Diarrhea
Rheumatic Fever
Blood-poisoning

ORDER 3 —
Dietic Diseases, —
Privation
Inanition

AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
1.
2 1 1 1
1 1 2
1 3 4
1 1
1 2 1 2
1 1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1


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