New Zealand Gazette – 1884 – No. 84

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



1134 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 84

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 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, June, 1884.
Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 27,619 103 1 .. 7 5 2 10 25 0·91 14·57
Wellington .. 22,438 78 1 .. 8 3 .. 5 17 0·76 16·54
Christchurch 16,222 42 1 .. 6 4 .. 3 14 0·86 16·82
Dunedin .. 25,978 63 2 2 15 2 7 10 38 1·46 13·93
Thames .. 5,249 17 .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 0·38 8·34
New Plymouth 3,749 15 .. 1 3 .. .. 2 6 1·60 9·33
Napier .. 6,276 20 .. .. 1 6 .. 4 11 1·75 16·53
Wanganui .. 5,093 13 .. .. 3 3 .. 1 7 1·37 9·44
Nelson .. 7,174 14 .. .. 4 .. .. 3 7 0·98 12·75
Sydenham .. 9,424 34 2 .. 1 .. .. 2 5 0·53 16·51
Lyttelton .. 4,530 14 2 .. .. .. .. .. 2 0·44 14·26
Timaru .. 4,276 16 1 .. 2 1 .. .. 4 0·94 15·08
Oamaru .. 6,435 20 .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 0·31 11·21
Hokitika .. 2,826 4 1 .. 3 .. .. 1 5 1·77 15·64
Caversham .. 4,246 8 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·24 11·02
Invercargill .. 5,091 21 2 .. 2 1 .. 3 8 1·57 14·73
Totals .. .. 482 13 3 56 25 9 48 154 .. ..

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 482, against 499 in May, a decrease of 17. The deaths in June were 154, an increase of 16 on the number for May. Of the above deaths, males contributed 72; females, 82. Fifty of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 32·47 per cent. of the whole number; 38 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 June, 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 2 .. 1 1 .. 5 3 13 13·83
II. Constitutional Diseases .. 3 1 1 1 .. 3 10 19 20·21
III. Local Diseases .. 4 7 3 10 2 9 3 10 48 51·07
IV. Developmental Diseases 3 3 .. .. 1 .. 2 2 11 11·70
V. Violent Deaths .. .. 2 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 3 3·19
Unspecified .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals .. 8 17 4 13 5 9 13 25 94 100·00

CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Measles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
Croup .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
Whooping Cough .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Typhoid Fever .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. 3
Erysipelas .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 2
Diarrhoea .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Rheumatism .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1
Pyæmia .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Diathetic Diseases,—
Cancer .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 5 6



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🏥 Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 January 1970
Vital statistics, Births, Deaths, Boroughs, Population, Mortality

🏥 Return of Births and Deaths in Boroughs

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 January 1970
Boroughs, Population, Births, Deaths, Mortality rates

🏥 Causes of Deaths in Major Boroughs

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 January 1970
Causes of death, Zymotic diseases, Constitutional diseases, Local diseases, Developmental diseases, Violent deaths