New Zealand Gazette – 1884 – No. 130

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



Dec. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1703

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN NOVEMBER, 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, November, 1884.
Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 27,945 101 .. 1 7 1 .. 9 18 0·64 14·57
Wellington .. 22,670 71 1 .. 10 4 3 6 24 1·06 16·54
Christchurch 16,325 29 1 .. 5 3 1 7 17 1·04 16·82
Dunedin .. 26,146 58 2 1 12 5 2 6 28 1·07 13·93
Thames .. 5,306 16 .. .. .. .. 2 .. 2 0·38 8·34
New Plymouth 3,791 9 2 .. 1 .. 1 .. 4 1·06 9·33
Napier .. 6,366 25 .. .. 4 1 .. 1 6 0·94 16·53
Wanganui .. 5,138 9 .. .. .. .. 1 2 3 0·58 9·44
Nelson .. 7,233 25 .. .. 2 2 .. 3 7 0·97 12·75
Sydenham .. 9,563 36 2 1 2 2 .. 1 8 0·84 16·51
Lyttelton .. 4,581 13 .. .. 3 .. .. 1 4 0·87 14·26
Timaru .. 4,332 11 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·23 15·08
Oamaru .. 6,504 28 .. 1 2 .. .. .. 3 0·46 11·21
Hokitika .. 2,853 9 .. .. 2 .. 1 1 4 1·40 15·64
Caversham .. 4,280 9 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 2 0·47 11·02
Invercargill .. 5,166 15 2 .. 2 2 .. 2 8 1·55 14·73
Totals .. .. 464 10 5 53 20 11 40 139 .. ..

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 464, against 502 in October, a decrease of 38. The deaths in November were 139, a decrease of 31 on the number for October. Of the above deaths, males contributed 68; females, 71. Forty-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 33·09 per cent. of the whole number; 30 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 November, 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 .. 1 1 .. 3 1 2 2 3 13 14·94
II. Constitutional Diseases .. .. 5 1 6 .. 3 .. 8 23 26·44
III. Local Diseases .. .. 8 3 6 2 5 7 4 35 40·23
IV. Developmental Diseases .. 1 1 4 1 .. 2 1 .. 10 11·49
V. Violent Deaths .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. 3 5 5·75
Unspecified .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1·15
Totals .. 2 16 8 16 5 12 10 18 87 100·00

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Diphtheria .. .. .. 1
Whooping Cough .. .. 1
Typhoid Fever .. .. .. 4
Erysipelas .. .. .. 1
Septicæmia .. .. .. 1
ORDER 2:—
Enthetic Diseases,—
Syphilis .. .. .. 1
ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases,—
Want of Breast Milk .. .. 1
Alcoholism .. .. .. 2

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Diathetic Diseases,—
Dropsy .. .. .. 1
Cancer .. .. .. 4



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11 December 1884
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, New Zealand
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