New Zealand Gazette – 1882 – No. 98

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 98

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 1882. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1881.
Males. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, Oct., 1882.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland ... 17,112 56 3 ... 6 1 2 5 17 0·99
Wellington 21,500 75 10 9 10 7 3 14 53 2·47
Christchurch 15,710 43 4 1 10 1 ... 73 19 1·21
Dunedin ... 25,199 73 2 1 11 3 1 10 28 1·11
Thames 5,056 23 ... ... 1 2 1 1 5 0·99
New Plym'th 3,532 15 ... ... 1 ... ... [1 2 0·57
Napier ... 5,977 22 ... ... 1 ... ... 2 3 0·50
Wanganui... 4,871 16 1 ... 2 ... 1 1 5 1·03
Nelson ... 6,949 22 .2 1 1 ... 1 4 9 1·30
Sydenham... 8,943 38 2 3 3 2 ... 1 11 1·23
Lyttelton ... 4,333 21 1 ... 2 1 ... ... 4 0·92
Timaru ... 4,096 20 3 ... ... ... ... ... 3 0·73
Oamaru ... 6,112 17 3 ... 2 ... ... 1 6 0·98
Hokitika ... 2,693 16 ... ... ... 1 2 1 4 1·48
Caversham 4,113 9 ... 2 ... 2 1 ... 5 1·22
Invercargill 4,836 21 ... ... 3 ... 1 3 7 1·45
Totals ... 487 31 17 53 20 13 47 181 ...

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 487, against 461 in September, an increase of 26. The deaths amounted
to 181 in October, an increase of 16 on the number for September. Of the above deaths males contributed 101; females, 80.
81 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 44·75 per cent. of the whole number; 51 of these were of children
under 1 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 October, 1882.

CLASS. 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 1 8 6 2 3 3 3 29 24·79
II. Constitutional Diseases ... 1 ... 1 3 ... 4 ... 7 16 13·68
III. Local Diseases ... 2 10 16 9 3 5 3 6 54 46·15
IV. Developmental Diseases ... ... ... 4 5 1 ... 1 2 13 11·11
V. Violent Deaths ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 ... 2 4 3·42
VI. Unspecified ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 0·85
Totals ... 6 11 29 24 6 13 7 21 117 100·00

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Measles ... ... ... ... 1 6 ... ... 7
Scarlet Fever and Scarlatina ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1 2
Diphtheria ... ... ... ... ... 1 3 ... 4
Croup ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... 1 3
Whooping Cough ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... 2
Typhoid Fever ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1
Erysipelas ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 2
Dysentery ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
Diarrhoea ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1 1
Rheumatic Fever ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
Parotitis ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1

ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases,—
Want of Breast Milk ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1
Purpura ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1
Delirium Tremens ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1
Alcoholism ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Diathetic Diseases,—
Dropsy ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... ... 2
Cancer ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... 2



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