New Zealand Gazette – 1883 – No. 33

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



APRIL 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 505

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of March, 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 March, 1883.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN MARCH, 1883. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1882.
Males. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, Mar., 1883.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland ... 26,701 90 8 5 8 6 2 4 33 1·24
Wellington 21,692 65 8 3 12 8 5 7 43 1·98
Christchurch 15,833 46 4 ... 11 4 ... 2 21 1·33
Dunedin ... 25,404 61 9 1 11 4 2 7 34 1·34
Thames ... 5,118 16 ... ... 2 1 ... ... 3 0·59
New Plym’th 3,588 13 1 ... 2 2 ... ... 5 1·39
Napier ... 6,038 16 5 2 2 3 1 4 17 2·82
Wanganui... 4,927 16 ... ... ... 3 ... 1 4 0·81
Nelson ... 7,023 20 3 ... 3 ... 2 6 14 1·99
Sydenham... 9,048 35 2 2 4 6 ... 3 17 1·88
Lyttelton ... 4,382 8 ... ... 2 2 ... ... 4 0·91
Timaru ... 4,144 14 1 ... 1 1 ... 2 5 1·21
Oamaru ... 6,172 18 4 ... ... 4 1 ... 9 1·46
Hokitika ... 2,715 8 1 ... ... ... ... 1 2 0·73
Caversham 4,148 11 3 ... 1 1 ... 1 6 1·45
Invercargill 4,900 12 1 ... 3 ... ... 1 5 1·02
Totals ... 449 50 13 62 45 13 39 222 ...

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 449, against 428 in February, an increase of 21. The deaths in March were 222, a decrease of 2 on the number for February. Of the above deaths, males contributed 125; females, 97. 121 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 54·50 per cent. of the whole number; 95 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 March, 1883.

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 ... 13 1 18 5 4 2
II. Constitutional Diseases ... 1 4 5 5 ... 5
III. Local Diseases ... 5 7 4 6 2 5
IV. Developmental Diseases ... 2 ... 2 2 2 ...
V. Violent Deaths ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
Unspecified ... ... ... ... 1 ... ...
Totals ... ... 21 12 24 19 8

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Diphtheria ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... 1 ... 3
Typhoid Fever... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 2 ... 3
Dysentery ... ... ... ... 1 ... 4 1 ... ... 6
Diarrhoea ... ... ... ... 10 ... 7 1 1 11 2 32
Cholera ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1
Rheumatic Fever ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... 1
Pyæmia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1

ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases,—
Want of Breast Milk ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1
Inanition ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... ... 1 ... ... 3
Alcoholism ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Diathetic Diseases,—
Gout ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 1
Cancer ... ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... ... 3 ... 2 7
Tumour ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... ... ... ... ... 2
Gangrene (Senile) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1



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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, March 1883
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