New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 45

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



JULY 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 911

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 1885. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1884.
Males. Females. Total Deaths Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 1885.
Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 28,401 139 6 6 8 3 3 12 38 1·34
Wellington .. 22,975 73 2 1 12 .. .. 4 19 0·83
Christchurch 16,411 39 5 .. 6 1 1 5 18 1·10
Dunedin .. 24,931 55 1 2 9 2 1 6 21 0·84
Thames .. 5,376 9 1 .. 2 .. 1 1 5 0·93
New Plymouth 3,834 9 .. .. .. 1 1 .. 2 0·52
Napier .. 6,453 24 .. 1 1 2 .. 1 5 0·77
Wanganui .. 5,205 23 2 1 1 .. .. 4 8 1·54
Nelson .. 7,288 25 2 .. 6 .. .. 2 10 1·37
Sydenham .. 9,698 24 .. .. 2 2 1 4 9 0·93
Lyttelton .. 4,629 17 .. .. 4 .. .. .. 4 0·86
Timaru .. 4,391 11 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 0·46
Oamaru .. 6,622 20 1 1 .. 2 .. 4 8 1·21
Hokitika .. 2,905 11 .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 0·69
Caversham .. 4,325 10 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 0·23
Invercargill .. 5,263 12 .. 1 1 .. .. .. 2 0·38
Totals .. .. 501 21 13 54 13 8 45 154 ..

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 501, against 485 in May, an increase of 16. The deaths in June were 154, a decrease of 13 on the number for May. Of the above deaths, males contributed 88; females, 66. Fifty-five of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 35·71 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 June, 1885.

CLASS. 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. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 1 .. .. 2 2 .. .. .. 5 5·21
II. Parasitic Diseases .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1·04
III. Dietic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 1·04
IV. Constitutional Diseases 3 7 1 2 .. 5 1 6 25 26·04
V. Developmental Diseases 2 1 1 .. 1 .. 1 .. 6 6·25
VI. Local Diseases .. 10 8 1 10 .. 4 4 8 45 46·88
VII. Violence .. .. 4 .. 2 .. 2 .. 1 9 9·37
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 .. .. .. 3 .. .. .. 4 4·17
Totals .. 18 20 3 16 7 11 6 15 96 100·00
CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES. 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.
ORDER 1:— Miasmatic Diseases,—
Whooping Cough .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1
Diphtheria .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Enteric Fever .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 2
ORDER 6:— Septic,—
Erysipelas .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1
CLASS II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Worms .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
CLASS III.—DIETIC DISEASES.
Want of Breast-milk .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1


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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Boroughs, Population, 1885
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