New Zealand Gazette – 1883 – No. 81

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month
of July, 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 July, 1883.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1883. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1883. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1882.
Males. Females. Total Deaths
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years. and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years. and over.
Auckland 26,906 112 3 2 13 1 1 5 25 0.93 15.61
Wellington 21,848 82 .. .. 10 1 1 6 18 0.82 13.82
Christchurch 15,945 43 1 .. 12 2 2 6 23 1.44 12.22
Dunedin 25,561 70 .. 1 18 .. 2 11 32 1.25 12.22
Thames 5,161 10 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 3 0.58 11.95
New Plymouth 3,638 17 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.00 11.13
Napier 6,085 35 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 4 0.66 18.78
Wanganui 4,975 19 2 .. 3 1 .. 3 6 1.21 10.56
Nelson 7,057 18 1 .. 4 1 1 3 13 1.84 12.55
Sydenham 9,125 35 4 1 11 1 1 4 12 1.32 13.10
Lyttelton 4,411 19 2 .. 1 .. .. 1 6 1.36 10.70
Timaru 4,185 11 2 .. 1 2 .. 1 5 1.19 10.81
Oamaru 6,234 27 .. .. 2 .. 2 .. 5 0.80 10.59
Hokitika 2,740 7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.00 14.17
Caversham 4,174 8 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 4 0.95 10.88
Invercargill 4,951 39 2 .. 6 1 2 4 12 2.42 10.84
Totals .. 552 20 6 74 15 8 45 168 .. ..

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 552, against 499 in June, an increase of 53. The deaths in July
were 168, a decrease of 5 on the number for June. Of the above deaths, males contributed 100; females, 68. 49 of the
deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 29.17 per cent. of the whole number; 28 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 July, 1883.

CLASSES. CAUSES OF DEATH. AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL. PROPOR- TIONS PER CENT
Under 5 Years 5 Years. & over. Under 5 Years 5 Years. & over. Under 5 Years 5 Years. & over.
I. Zymotic Diseases 2 2 .. 3 3 3
II. Constitutional Diseases 2 3 2 10 1 12
III. Local Diseases 2 11 .. 1 .. 1
IV. Developmental Diseases 1 .. .. .. .. ..
V. Violent Deaths .. .. .. .. .. ..
Unspecified .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals 7 18 2 16 5 18
AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Under 5 Years 5 Years. and over. Under 5 Years 5 Years. and over. Under 5 Years
CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. ..
Whooping Cough .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tpyhoid Fever .. .. .. .. .. ..
Continued Fever .. .. .. .. 1 ..
Erysipelas .. .. .. .. .. ..
Diarrhœa .. 1 .. .. .. ..
Rheumatism .. .. .. .. .. ..
Pyæmia .. .. .. .. .. ..
ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases,—
Alcoholism .. .. .. .. .. ..
CLASS II. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Diathetic Diseases,—
Anæmia .. .. .. .. .. ..
Cancer .. .. .. .. .. ..
ORDER 2:—
Tubercular Diseases,—
Cachexia .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tuberculosis .. .. .. .. 1 ..
Phthisis .. .. .. .. .. ..
Hæmoptysis .. .. .. .. 1 ..
Hydrocephalus .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tubercular Meningitis .. .. .. .. .. ..


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