✨ Vital Statistics, Boroughs
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69
REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of May, 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 May, 1884.
| BOROUGHS. | ESTIMATED POPULATION. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | DEATHS REGISTERED IN MAY, 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, May, 1884. | |||||||
| Under 1 Year. | 1&under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1&under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | |||||
| Auckland .. | 27,556 | 97 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 1·23 |
| Wellington .. | 22,376 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 0·98 |
| Christchurch | 16,189 | 48 | .. | 1 | 8 | 2 | .. | 4 | 15 | 0·93 |
| Dunedin .. | 25,939 | 61 | 1 | .. | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 0·85 |
| Thames .. | 5,237 | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·57 |
| New Plymouth | 3,739 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0·80 |
| Napier .. | 6,251 | 32 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1·12 |
| Wanganui .. | 5,093 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 0·59 |
| Nelson .. | 7,164 | 16 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 0·84 |
| Sydenham .. | 9,397 | 31 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 0·43 |
| Lyttelton .. | 4,514 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Timaru .. | 4,263 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 0·47 |
| Oamaru .. | 6,416 | 24 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 0·78 |
| Hokitika .. | 2,820 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 0·71 |
| Caversham .. | 4,236 | 13 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 0·71 |
| Invercargill .. | 5,075 | 23 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1·38 |
| Totals .. | .. | 499 | 16 | 7 | 54 | 18 | 9 | 34 | 138 | .. |
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 499, against 504 in April, a decrease of 5. The deaths in May were 138, a decrease of 28 on the number for April. Of the above deaths, males contributed 77; females, 61. 50 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 36·23 per cent. of the whole number; 34 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 May, 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 .. | 10 | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 22·58 |
| II. | Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 14 | 15·06 |
| III. | Local Diseases .. | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 43·01 |
| IV. | Developmental Diseases | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 14 | 15·05 |
| V. | Violent Deaths .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 4·30 |
| Unspecified .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Totals .. | 18 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 93 | 100·00 |
CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
| Measles .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Diphtheria .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Croup .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Diarrhoea .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Rheumatism .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Pyaemia .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases,—
| Want of Breast-milk .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Inanition .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Delirium Tremens .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Alcoholism .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Diathetic Diseases,—
| Anasarca .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Anaemia .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Cancer .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
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NZ Gazette 1884, No 69
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🏥 Registrar-General’s Report on Vital Statistics
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