New Zealand Gazette – 1884 – No. 115

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1505

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of September, 1884.

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, 1884.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1884. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1883.
Males. Females. Total Deaths Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 1884.
Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 27,822 92 7 2 7 5 1 12 34 1·22 14·57
Wellington .. 22,585 72 3 3 8 6 3 8 31 1·37 16·54
Christchurch 16,277 25 3 .. 7 2 1 6 19 1·17 16·82
Dunedin .. 26,082 62 3 2 13 1 1 6 26 1·00 13·93
Thames .. 5,286 11 .. .. 2 .. 2 .. 4 0·76 8·34
New Plymouth 3,768 13 2 .. 1 .. .. 1 4 1·06 9·33
Napier .. 6,336 26 1 .. 8 .. .. 1 10 1·58 16·53
Wanganui .. 5,118 15 1 1 2 1 .. 4 9 1·76 9·44
Nelson .. 7,207 22 .. 1 3 .. .. 5 9 1·25 12·75
Sydenham .. 9,505 31 3 .. 3 .. 1 1 8 0·84 16·51
Lyttelton .. 4,563 18 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 2 0·44 14·26
Timaru .. 4,309 11 .. .. 1 .. 1 1 3 0·70 15·08
Oamaru .. 6,483 14 4 1 .. 1 1 2 9 1·39 11·21
Hokitika .. 2,837 12 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·70 15·64
Caversham .. 4,266 12 1 .. 1 1 .. .. 3 0·70 11·02
Invercargill .. 5,149 13 1 .. .. .. .. 1 2 0·39 14·73
Totals .. .. 449 29 10 58 18 11 49 175 .. ..

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 511 in August, a decrease of 62. The deaths in September were 175, a decrease of 26 on the number for August. Of the above deaths, males contributed 97; females, 78. Sixty-eight of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 38·86 per cent. of the whole number; 47 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, 1884.

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. Under 5 Years. 5 Years & over.
I. Zymotic Diseases .. 5 3 3 1 1 .. 2 4 19 17·27
II. Constitutional Diseases .. 6 3 5 .. 5 2 6 27 24·55
III. Local Diseases .. 6 7 6 7 3 7 2 7 45 40·91
IV. Developmental Diseases 4 2 3 .. 2 1 1 .. 13 11·82
V. Violent Deaths .. .. 1 .. 3 .. .. .. 2 6 5·45
Unspecified .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. 15 19 15 16 6 13 7 19 110 100·00
CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
ORDER 1:— Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 2
Croup .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 3
Whooping Cough .. .. 3 .. .. 1 .. .. 4
Typhoid Fever .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 2
Puerperal Fever .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1
Erysipelas .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
Rheumatism .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 2 3
ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases,—
Alcoholism .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 2
ORDER 4:—
Parasitic Diseases,—
Worms .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—

Diathetic Diseases,—

Anæmia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1

Cancer .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3



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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, 1884