New Zealand Gazette – 1882 – No. 38

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



APRIL 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 617

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand
during the Month of March, 1882.

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, 1882.

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, Mar., 1882. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1881.
Auckland 16,946 52 1 2 5 6 3 1 18 1.06 14.88
Wellington 21,133 89 4 3 9 4 2 7 28 1.32 13.95
Christchurch 15,539 27 2 2 8 2 2 3 19 1.22 15.25
Dunedin 24,875 78 1 ... 7 5 1 5 19 0.76 14.19
Thames 4,976 14 2 1 1 1 ... ... 5 1.00 15.83
Napier 5,921 19 4 2 3 3 ... 4 16 2.70 10.94
Wanganui... 4,777 10 ... ... 1 1 ... 1 3 0.63 12.27
Nelson 6,886 19 3 ... 2 3 ... 2 10 1.45 12.71
Sydenham. 8,731 34 3 1 3 2 1 2 12 1.37 17.02
Lyttelton 4,248 16 1 1 1 1 ... ... 3 0.71 14.54
Timaru 4,030 15 ... ... 1 1 ... ... 2 0.50 18.12
Oamaru 5,969 21 1 ... 3 4 ... 1 9 1.51 14.16
Hokitika 2,655 11 ... 1 3 4 ... 1 9 1.51 14.16
Caversham 4,061 11 1 ... 1 1 ... 1 4 0.98 12.28
Invercargill 4,742 16 ... ... 3 1 ... 1 5 1.05 13.60
Totals ... 432 23 10 50 34 10 31 158 ... ...

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 432, against 387 in February, being an increase of 45. The deaths
amounted to 158 in March, an increase of 24 on the number for February.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 83; females, 75. 77 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
48.73 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 March, 1882.

CLASSES. CAUSES OF DEATH. AUCKLAND. Under 5 Years. 5 Years & over. WELLINGTON. Under 5 Years. 5 Years & over. CHRISTCHURCH. Under 5 Years. 5 Years & over. DUNEDIN. Under 5 Years. 5 Years & over. TOTAL. PROPORTIONS PER CENT.
I. Zymotic Diseases 9 3 6 1 2 2 2 1 26 30.95
II. Constitutional Diseases 1 1 2 4 4 1 2 1 11 13.10
III. Local Diseases ... 1 3 6 1 6 4 6 27 32.14
IV. Developmental Diseases 2 ... 3 5 1 2 1 3 14 16.67
V. Violent Deaths ... 1 ... 2 ... ... ... 2 6 7.14
VI. Unspecified ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Totals ... 12 6 12 16 8 11 7 12 84 100.00

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIO DISEASES.

ORDER 1:— Miasmatic Diseases,— AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Scarlet Fever and Scarlatina 5 1 ... ... 6
Diphtheria ... 2 ... ... 2
Croup ... 1 1 ... 2
Whooping Cough 1 ... ... ... 1
Typhoid Fever 1 ... ... 1 2
Continued Fever ... ... ... ... 1
Diarrhœa 2 2 3 1 8
ORDER 3:— Dietic Diseases,— AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Inanition 3 ... ... 1 4

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASRS.

ORDER 2:— Tubercular Diseases,— AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Tabes Mesenterica 1 2 1 2 6
Phthisis 1 ... 1 ... 2
Hydrocephalus ... ... 2 ... 2
Tubercular Meningitis ... ... ... ... 2


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