New Zealand Gazette – 1884 – No. 46

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



  1. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 46

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN MARCH, 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, March, 1884.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 27,440 111 8 2 11 6 5 4 36 1·31 14·57
Wellington .. 22,280 82 12 1 9 10 .. 5 37 1·66 16·54
Christchurch 16,131 53 2 .. 8 3 2 6 21 1·30 16·82
Dunedin .. 25,852 59 5 1 10 2 1 5 24 0·93 13·93
Thames .. 5,222 15 1 1 3 .. 1 .. 6 1·15 8·34
New Plymouth 3,728 12 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 3 0·80 9·33
Napier .. 6,218 21 .. .. 4 2 .. .. 6 0·96 16·53
Wanganui .. 5,073 8 .. .. 3 .. .. 1 4 0·79 9·44
Nelson .. 7,150 11 2 .. 4 .. .. 7 13 1·82 12·75
Sydenham .. 9,332 35 6 1 .. 2 .. 2 11 1·18 16·51
Lyttelton .. 4,493 10 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 0·46 14·26
Timaru .. 4,242 16 .. .. 2 .. .. 2 4 0·94 15·08
Oamaru .. 6,375 22 .. .. .. 2 .. 2 4 0·63 11·21
Hokitika .. 2,800 10 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 0·36 15·64
Caversham .. 4,224 8 2 1 1 2 .. .. 6 1·42 11·02
Invercargill .. 5,066 17 4 2 1 .. .. 4 11 2·17 14·73
Totals .. .. 490 44 10 57 30 9 39 189 .. ..

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 490, against 467 in February, an increase of 23. The deaths in March were 189, an increase of 15 on the number for February. Of the above deaths, males contributed 111; females, 78. 93 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 49·21 per cent. of the whole number; 74 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 March, 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 .. 11 4 5 2 4 3 2 1 32 27·12
II. Constitutional Diseases .. 2 2 4 1 4 1 7 21 17·80
III. Local Diseases .. 4 7 9 5 .. 6 4 7 42 35·59
IV. Developmental Diseases 4 1 7 2 2 1 2 .. 19 16·10
V. Violent Deaths .. 2 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 4 3·39
Unspecified .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. 21 15 23 14 7 14 9 15 118 100·00

Class I.—Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,–
Scarlet Fever .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1
Tonsillitis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1
Typhoid Fever.. .. .. .. .. .. 3 .. 1 .. 6
Erysipelas .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Dysentery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 2
Diarrhoea .. .. .. .. 5 .. 2 3 .. 1 .. 12

Order 3:—
Dietic Diseases,–
Inanition .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 2
Want of Breast Milk .. .. 3 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 3
Alcoholism .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1

Order 4:—
Parasitic Diseases,–
Worms .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2

Class II.—Constitutional Diseases.
Order 1:—
Diathetic Diseases,–
Cancer .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 3 .. 1 .. 2 7
Tumour .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1



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🏥 Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 March 1884
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, Mortality Rates

🏥 Table of Births and Deaths in Boroughs

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 March 1884
Boroughs, Population, Births, Deaths, Mortality Rates, Age Groups

🏥 Causes of Deaths in Selected Boroughs

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 March 1884
Causes of Death, Zymotic Diseases, Constitutional Diseases, Local Diseases, Developmental Diseases, Violent Deaths, Age Groups