New Zealand Gazette – 1883 – No. 4

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



JAN. 11.]
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
December, 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 December, 1882.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN DECEMBER, 1882.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED 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, Dec., 1882. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1882.
Auckland 17,191 50 ... 1 8 4 1 3 17 0.99 16.64
Wellington 21,564 84 8 4 9 10 3 5 39 1.81 15.61
Christchurch 15,776 37 6 2 6 6 ... 3 23 1.46 13.82
Dunedin 25,291 58 6 ... 16 4 1 8 35 1.38 12.22
Thames 5,082 20 3 ... 2 2 ... 1 8 1.57 11.95
New Plym'th 3,558 17 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11.13
Napier 6,014 11 1 ... 1 ... 1 4 7 1.16 18.78
Wanganui... 4,890 19 ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 0.24 10.56
Nelson 6,973 22 ... 1 ... ... ... 2 3 0.43 12.55
Sydenham... 8,995 37 7 ... 2 2 ... 3 14 1.56 13.10
Lyttelton 4,356 11 2 ... ... ... ... 2 4 0.97 10.81
Timaru 4,129 7 1 ... 1 ... ... 2 4 0.97 10.81
Oamaru 6,141 17 1 ... 2 2 1 2 8 1.30 10.59
Hokitika 2,712 7 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14.17
Caversham 4,131 8 ... ... 1 ... ... 2 3 0.73 10.88
Invercargill 4,864 20 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10.84
Totals ... 425 36 8 48 30 8 34 164 ... ...

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 425, against 473 in November, a decrease of 48. The deaths amounted
to 164 in December, an increase of 20 on the number for November. Of the above deaths, males contributed 92; females, 72.
82 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 50.00 per cent. of the whole number; 66 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 December, 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 1 2 7 ... 4 ... 2 4 20 17.54
II. Constitutional Diseases 2 5 2 6 4 2 4 7 23 20.18
III. Local Diseases 2 3 11 8 4 7 4 11 50 43.86
IV. Developmental Diseases 1 ... 5 ... 1 ... 5 ... 17 14.91
V. Violent Deaths ... 1 ... ... 1 ... ... 2 4 3.51
Unspecified ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Totals 6 11 25 14 14 9 11 24 114 100.00

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—

Disease AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Measles ... 1 ... ... 1
Scarlet Fever ... ... ... ... 1
Diphtheria ... ... 1 ... 1
Croup ... 1 ... 1 2
Whooping Cough ... 1 1 ... 1
Diarrhœa 1 4 3 1 9
Rheumatic Fever ... ... ... 1 1

ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases,—

Disease AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Alcoholism ... 1 ... 2 3

ORDER 4:—
Parasitic Diseases,—

Disease AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Hydatids (Liver) ... ... ... 1 1

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Diathetic Diseases,—

Disease AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Cancer 1 1 ... 4 6


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