New Zealand Gazette – 1883 – No. 40

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 40

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

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, April, 1883.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1882.
Auckland	26,758	79	2	2	12	5	2	10	33	1.23	...
Wellington	21,714	65	8	2	8	3	2	8	31	1.43	15.61
Christchurch	15,858	52	5	1	6	2	2	13	29	1.83	13.82
Dunedin	25,431	75	2	1	12	9	1	10	33	1.30	12.22
Thames	5,131	16	1		2	1		1	7	1.36	11.95
New Plym'th	3,596	17	2		1	2	1		5	1.39	11.13
Napier	6,037	25			2		1		3	0.50	18.78
Wanganui...	4,949	13			...			1	1	0.20	10.56
Nelson	7,029	24	1		1	1	1	1	7	1.00	12.55
Sydenham...	9,066	35	2	2	3	4	1	5	16	1.77	13.10
Lyttelton	4,386	11			1			2	4	0.91	10.70
Timaru	4,153	16	2		1	1		1	3	0.72	10.81
Oamaru	6,181	24	2		2	3	1		8	1.29	10.59
Hokitika	2,721	16			...	1		1	1	0.37	14.17
Caversham	4,153	12	1		2	1			4	0.96	10.88
Invercargill	4,907	11			...			2	2	0.41	10.84
Totals	...	491	28	8	54	33	10	54	187	...	...

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 491, against 449 in March, an increase of 42. The deaths in April
were 187, a decrease of 35 on the number for March. Of the above deaths, males contributed 90; females, 97. 79 of the
deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 42.25 per cent. of the whole number; 61 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 April, 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	4	2	6	3	3	5
II.	Constitutional Diseases	2	8	1	5	2	6
III.	Local Diseases	4	9	4	6	3	8
IV.	Developmental Diseases	1	1	1	1	2
V.	Violent Deaths		1				2
	Unspecified
	Totals	11	22	15	16	10	19

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:— Miasmatic Diseases,—

	AUCKLAND.	WELLINGTON.	CHRISTCHURCH.	DUNEDIN.	TOTAL.
	Under 5 Years	5 Years. & over.	Under 5 Years	5 Years. & over.	Under 5 Years
Typhoid Fever ...	...	...	...	2	...
Simple Continued Fever	...	...	...	...	...
Carbuncle	...	...	...	...	...
Dysentery	...	...	...	...	3
Diarrhœa	...	...	...	...	...
Infantile Cholera	...	...	...	...	...

ORDER 2:— Enthetic Diseases,—

	AUCKLAND.	WELLINGTON.	CHRISTCHURCH.	DUNEDIN.	TOTAL.
	Under 5 Years	5 Years. & over.	Under 5 Years	5 Years. & over.	Under 5 Years
Syphilis	...	...	...	...	...

ORDER 3:— Dietic Diseases,—

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CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:— Miasmatic Diseases,—

ORDER 2:— Enthetic Diseases,—

ORDER 3:— Dietic Diseases,—

ORDER 4:— Parasitic Diseases,—

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