New Zealand Gazette – 1884 – No. 92

Page 1263

✨ Vital Statistics Report

Aug. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1263

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION.	TOTAL BIRTHS.	DEATHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 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, July, 1884.
			Under 1 Year.	1&under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1&under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Auckland ..	27,697	111	4	5	9	9	1	6	34	1·23
Wellington ..	22,499	81	1	..	15	5	3	9	33	1·47
Christchurch	16,250	30	..	..	12	..	1	7	20	1·24
Dunedin ..	26,003	64	6	2	11	3	6	7	35	1·34
Thames ..	5,264	12	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	0·38
New Plymouth	3,758	6	1	..	..	..	1	3	5	1·33
Napier ..	6,285	34	2	..	2	..	..	1	5	0·80
Wanganui ..	5,099	13	2	..	1	..	..	2	5	0·98
Nelson ..	7,181	22	..	1	..	..	..	4	5	0·70
Sydenham ..	9,453	47	3	2	3	1	..	2	11	1·16
Lyttelton ..	4,542	11	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0·66
Timaru ..	4,288	21	..	1	3	..	1	2	7	1·63
Oamaru ..	6,453	21	..	..	2	..	..	2	4	0·62
Hokitika ..	2,825	9	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·71
Caversham ..	4,253	9	..	..	..	..	..	3	3	0·71
Invercargill ..	5,104	15	2	..	..	..	..	1	3	0·59
Totals ..	..	506	21	12	63	18	13	50	177	..

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 506, against 482 in June, an increase of 24. The deaths in July were 177, an increase of 23 on the number for June. Of the above deaths, males contributed 96; females, 81. Sixty-four of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 52·46 per cent. of the whole number; 39 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 July, 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 ..	9	2	..	1	..	1	6	..	19	15·57
II.	Constitutional Diseases	..	4	1	11	..	7	1	5	29	23·77
III.	Local Diseases ..	6	7	3	6	1	9	6	9	47	38·53
IV.	Developmental Diseases	4	..	5	..	..	2	4	2	17	13·93
V.	Violent Deaths ..	..	2	..	6	..	..	..	2	10	8·20
·	Unspecified ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Totals ..	19	15	9	24	1	19	17	18	122	100·00

		AUCKLAND.		WELLINGTON.		CHRISTCHURCH.		DUNEDIN.		TOTAL.
		Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Measles ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
Diphtheria ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Croup ..	..	..	2	2	..	..	..	..	..	4
Whooping Cough	..	..	5	..	..	..	..	2	..	7
Erysipelas ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Rheumatism ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
ORDER 3:—
Dietic Diseases,—
Want of Breast-milk	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	2
Inanition ..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Diathetic Diseases,—
Cancer .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4
Senile Gangrene .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1

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