New Zealand Gazette – 1882 – No. 68

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

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

DEATHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1882.

BOROUGHS.	POPULATION.	TOTAL BIRTHS.	Males (Under 1 Year)	Males (1 & under 5 Years)	Males (5 Years and over)	Females (Under 1 Year)	Females (1 & under 5 Years)	Females (5 Years and over)	Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1882.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1881.
Auckland	17,021	59	5	1	10	3	2	5	26	1.53	14.88
Wellington	21,355	72	4	1	9	1	...	3	18	0.84	13.95
Christchurch	15,621	42	3	...	5	1	...	2	11	0.70	15.25
Dunedin	25,057	72	4	...	7	3	1	11	26	1.04	14.19
Thames	5,019	24	1	1	1	1	1	4	0.80	15.83
Napier	5,942	20	1	1	2	1	1	2	8	1.35	10.94
Wanganui...	4,824	14	1	...	2	1	1	1	6	1.24	12.27
Nelson	6,921	15	1	...	5	1	...	1	8	1.16	12.71
Sydenham...	8,842	40	2	...	1	1	1	2	7	0.79	17.02
Lyttelton	4,305	15	1	...	3	1	...	1	6	1.39	14.54
Timaru	4,073	11	...	1	1	...	...	1	3	0.74	18.12
Oamaru	6,039	28	2	...	2	1	...	1	6	0.99	14.16
Hokitika	2,671	11	...	...	1	...	1	2	4	0.75	19.62
Caversham	4,096	17	1	...	1	1	...	...	3	0.72	12.28
Invercargill	4,791	18	1	...	1	...	...	1	3	0.63	13.60
Totals	...	458	27	5	50	15	8	32	137	...	...

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 458, against 430 in June, an increase of 28. The deaths amounted to
137 in July, a decrease of 5 on the number for June.
Of the above deaths, males contributed 82; females, 55. 55 of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being
40.15 per cent. of the whole number; 42 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, 1882.

CLASSES.	CAUSES OF DEATH.	Auckland (Under 5 Years)	Auckland (5 Years & over)	Wellington (Under 5 Years)	Wellington (5 Years & over)	Christchurch (Under 5 Years)	Christchurch (5 Years & over)	Dunedin (Under 5 Years)	Dunedin (5 Years & over)	TOTAL.	PROPORTIONS PER CENT.
I.	Zymotic Diseases	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	15	18.52
II.	Constitutional Diseases	...	2	...	1	...	6	1	2	10	12.34
III.	Local Diseases	2	9	1	9	...	6	1	6	33	40.74
IV.	Developmental Diseases	5	1	3	...	4	...	3	1	17	20.99
V.	Violent Deaths	...	...	...	...	...	...	2	3	6	7.41
VI.	Unspecified	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	Totals	11	15	6	12	4	7	8	18	81	100.00

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER	Disease	AUCKLAND.	WELLINGTON.	CHRISTCHURCH.	DUNEDIN.	TOTAL.
ORDER 1:	Miasmatic Diseases,—
	Measles	4	...	...	...	4
	Diphtheria	1	...	...	...	1
	Whooping Cough	1	...	1	...	2
	Erysipelas	...	...	...	1	1
	Dysentery	...	1	...	...	1
	Diarrhœa	...	3	...	...	3
ORDER 3:	Dietic Diseases,—
	Delirium Tremens	...	1	...	...	1
	Intemperance	...	...	...	1	1
ORDER 4:	Parasitic Diseases,—
	Thrush	...	...	...	1	1