New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 15

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

                                                            THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.                                                                 [No. 15

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of February, 1885.

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 February, 1885.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION.	TOTAL BIRTHS.	DEATHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1885.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1884.
			Males.	Females.
			Under 1 Year.	1&under 5 Years.
Auckland ..	28,158	86	10	..
Wellington ..	22,808	64	9	2
Christchurch	16,362	29	11	3
Dunedin ..	24,802	43	4	..
Thames ..	5,339	12	..	..
New Plymouth	3,816	13	1	1
Napier ..	6,412	21	7	1
Wanganui ..	5,156	17	1	..
Nelson ..	7,277	20	5	1
Sydenham ..	9,646	28	..	..
Lyttelton ..	4,605	8	2	..
Timaru ..	4,357	7	..	..
Oamaru ..	6,557	14	1	..
Hokitika ..	2,874	10	1	..
Caversham ..	4,303	7	..	..
Invercargill ..	5,194	21	2	..
Totals ..	..	400	54	8

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 400, against 506 in January, a decrease of 106. The deaths in February were 207, an increase of 18 on the number for January. Of the above deaths, males contributed 115; females, 92. One hundred and sixteen of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 56·04 per cent. of the whole number; 97 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 February, 1885.

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.
I.	Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases	9	2	7	5	10	..
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	1	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Diatic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	2	1
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	4	1	6	2	5
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	..	1	1	..	..
VI.	Local Diseases ..	5	7	3	5	7	4
VII.	Violence ..	..	3	..	3	..	2
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	3	1	4	..	3	1
	Totals ..	19	17	16	20	24	13

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Whooping Cough .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1
Enteric Fever .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. 3
ORDER 2:—
Diarrheal,—
Diarrhoea .. .. .. 9 .. 7 .. 9 .. 3 28
Dysentery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1
ORDER 5:—
Venereal,—
Syphilis (congenital) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1
ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Septicæmia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 2
Puerperal Fever .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1