New Zealand Gazette – 1883 – No. 107

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



Oct. 18.]
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 September, 1883.

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 September, 1883.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1883

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. Total Deaths Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 1883. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1882.
Auckland 27,064 86 30 1.11 ..
Wellington 21,960 69 27 1.23 15.61
Christchurch 15,988 38 14 0.88 13.82
Dunedin 25,642 63 37 1.44 12.22
Thames 5,182 11 3 0.58 11.95
New Plymouth 3,663 18 4 1.09 11.13
Napier 6,146 23 6 0.98 18.78
Wanganui 5,006 15 2 0.40 10.56
Nelson 7,076 19 4 0.57 12.55
Sydenham 9,171 33 14 1.53 13.10
Lyttelton 4,438 14 6 1.35 10.70
Timaru 4,206 11 7 1.66 10.81
Oamaru 6,268 15 3 0.48 10.59
Hokitika 2,758 10 4 1.45 14.17
Caversham 4,187 9 2 0.48 10.88
Invercargill 4,990 19 6 1.20 10.84
Totals .. 453 169 .. ..

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 453, against 535 in August, a decrease of 82. The deaths in Sep-
tember were 169, a decrease of 1 on the number for August. Of the above deaths, males contributed 100; females, 69.
79 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 46.75 per cent. of the whole number; 50 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,
Christchurch, and Dunedin, that were registered during the Month of September, 1883.

CLASSES. CAUSES OF DEATH. TOTAL. PROPORTIONS PER CENT
I. Zymotic Diseases 21 19.45
II. Constitutional Diseases 19 17.59
III. Local Diseases 51 47.22
IV. Developmental Diseases 9 8.33
V. Violent Deaths 6 5.56
Unspecified 2 1.85
Totals 108 100.00

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—

  • Whooping Cough (Total: 15)
  • Typhoid Fever (Total: 1)
  • Influenza (Total: 1)
  • Diarrhœa (Total: 2)

ORDER 4:—
Parasitic Diseases,—

  • Thrush (Total: 2)

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Diathetic Diseases,—

  • Cancer (Total: 3)
  • Gangrene (Total: 1)

ORDER 2:—
Tubercular Diseases,—

  • Struma (Total: 1)
  • Tabes Mesenterica (Total: 1)
  • Phthisis (Total: 11)
  • Hydrocephalus (Total: 1)
  • Tubercular Meningitis (Total: 1)


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🏛️ Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics for September 1883

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
18 October 1883
Vital statistics, Births, Deaths, Mortality rates, Boroughs, September 1883, Causes of death