New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 49

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 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, July, 1885.
Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 28,502 112 5 3 13 3 3 7 34 1·19
Wellington .. 23,029 101 4 1 15 7 2 9 38 1·65
Christchurch 16,432 45 3 1 4 2 1 4 15 0·91
Dunedin .. 24,965 59 3 .. 8 3 1 10 25 1·00
Thames .. 5,380 15 .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 0·37
New Plymouth 3,841 9 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·26
Napier .. 6,472 22 .. 1 3 .. .. 2 6 0·93
Wanganui .. 5,220 11 .. .. 3 1 .. .. 4 0·77
Nelson .. 7,303 21 .. .. 2 .. 2 3 7 0·96
Sydenham .. 9,713 35 .. .. 1 .. 1 5 7 0·72
Lyttelton .. 4,642 15 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 0·43
Timaru .. 4,400 14 1 1 3 2 .. 2 9 2·05
Oamaru .. 6,634 19 2 .. .. .. .. .. 2 0·30
Hokitika .. 2,914 5 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 2 0·69
Caversham .. 4,334 20 .. .. 2 .. 1 2 5 1·15
Invercargill .. 5,273 15 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·19
Totals .. .. 518 19 7 58 19 11 46 160 ..

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 518, against 501 in June, an increase of 17. The deaths in
July were 160, an increase of 6 on the number for June. Of the above deaths, males contributed 84; females,
76. Fifty-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 35·00 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 July, 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 4 .. .. 3 .. .. 1 3 11 9·82
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 0·89
III. Dietic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 7 21 18·75
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. .. 4 3 3 1 3 .. .. 8 7·14
V. Developmental Diseases 1 3 2 1 .. .. 1 .. 58 51·79
VI. Local Diseases .. 8 11 6 14 4 5 2 8 7 6·25
VII. Violence .. .. 2 .. 3 .. .. 2 .. 5 4·47
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 .. 3 .. 1 .. .. ..
Totals .. 14 20 14 24 7 8 7 18 112 100·00

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Remittent Fever .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Diphtheria .. .. 1 .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 3
ORDER 2:—
Diarrheal,—
Diarrhoea .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. 1 3
ORDER 5:—
Venereal,—
Syphilis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1
ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Erysipelas .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1
Septicæmia .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1
Puerperal Peritonitis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1

CLASS II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Thrush .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1



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🏥 Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics

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