New Zealand Gazette – 1884 – No. 7

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of December, 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 December, 1883.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN DECEMBER, 1883 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, December, 1883.
Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 27,275 72 10 .. 12 2 .. 8 32 1·17
Wellington .. 22,116 66 2 1 4 5 .. 10 22 0·99
Christchurch 16,056 98 2 3 9 1 4 6 25 1·56
Dunedin .. 25,761 57 4 .. 11 3 .. 6 24 0·93
Thames .. 5,208 15 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·19
New Plymouth 3,706 10 1 .. 2 1 .. 1 5 1·34
Napier .. 6,185 20 .. .. 3 .. 1 .. 4 0·65
Wanganui .. 5,042 11 .. .. .. 1 .. 2 3 0·60
Nelson .. 7,118 17 1 .. 2 .. .. 1 4 0·56
Sydenham .. 9,246 32 2 .. 1 1 .. 4 8 0·87
Lyttelton .. 4,463 11 .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 0·45
Timaru .. 4,215 8 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·24
Oamaru .. 6,318 20 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·32
Hokitika .. 2,779 6 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 3 1·08
Caversham .. 4,209 11 1 1 1 .. 1 3 7 1·66
Invercargill .. 5,017 18 .. .. 2 .. .. 3 5 1·00
Totals .. .. 412 23 5 50 14 6 50 148 ..

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 412, against 468 in November, a decrease of 56. The deaths in December were 148, an increase of 13 on the number for November. Of the above deaths, males contributed 78; females, 70. 48 of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 32·43 per cent. of the whole number; 37 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 December, 1883.

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 .. 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 .. 15 14·56
II. Constitutional Diseases .. 4 1 4 1 5 .. 5 20 19·42
III. Local Diseases .. 5 12 4 4 6 6 3 10 50 48·54
IV. Developmental Diseases 3 2 .. 1 1 1 3 .. 11 10·68
V. Violent Deaths .. .. .. 1 1 .. 2 .. 2 6 5·83
Unspecified .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 0·97
Totals .. 12 20 8 14 10 15 7 17 103 100·00

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Diphtheria .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1
Typhoid Fever .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2
Simple Fever .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1
Influenza .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1
Diarrhoea .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5

ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases,—
Want of Breast Milk .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1

ORDER 4:—
Parasitic Diseases,—
Thrush .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1



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🏥 Vital Statistics of Principal Towns

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 January 1970
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, 1883

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1 January 1970
Causes of Death, Zymotic Diseases, Constitutional Diseases, Local Diseases, Developmental Diseases, Violent Deaths, 1883