New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 54

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1885. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1884.
Males. Females.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Total Deaths Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 1885.
Auckland .. 28,580 114 7 3 14 2 1 8 35 1·22 15·27
Wellington .. 23,092 84 3 .. 9 1 .. 11 24 1·04 15·54
Christchurch 16,462 31 .. 2 7 .. 1 4 14 0·85 13·08
Dunedin .. 24,999 58 7 1 11 3 2 8 32 1·28 12·95
Thames .. 5,393 20 .. 1 .. .. 1 3 5 0·93 10·24
New Plymouth 3,849 8 .. .. 3 .. 2 2 7 1·82 13·04
Napier .. 6,488 31 .. .. 3 1 .. .. 4 0·62 15·08
Wanganui .. 5,227 13 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·19 9·22
Nelson .. 7,317 9 .. .. 5 1 2 4 12 1·64 12·23
Sydenham .. 9,741 43 2 1 3 3 1 2 12 1·23 9·85
Lyttelton .. 4,655 22 .. .. 1 2 .. .. 3 0·64 7·94
Timaru .. 4,405 12 1 .. 2 .. .. .. 3 0·68 9·80
Oamaru .. 6,651 16 1 .. 1 .. .. 4 6 0·90 9·63
Hokitika .. 2,917 10 .. .. .. 1 1 1 3 1·03 10·62
Caversham .. 4,349 18 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 2 0·46 9·40
Invercargill .. 5,287 15 1 .. 2 2 .. 2 7 1·32 12·94
Totals .. .. 504 23 8 62 16 12 49 170 .. ..

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 504, against 518 in July, a decrease of 14. The deaths in August were 170, an increase of 10 on the number for July. Of the above deaths, males contributed 93; females, 77. Fifty-nine of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 34·71 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 August, 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. Under 5 Years. 5 Years & over.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 2 2 1 1 1 .. 1 2 10 9·52
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietic Diseases .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 2 3 2·86
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 6 .. 4 .. 3 .. 7 20 19·05
V. Developmental Diseases 4 1 .. 1 .. .. 2 .. 8 7·62
VI. Local Diseases 6 12 3 14 2 8 8 8 61 58·09
VII. Violence .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 3 2·86
Totals .. 13 22 4 20 3 11 13 19 105

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Whooping Cough .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 2
ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœal,—
Diarrhœa .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
ORDER 5:—
Venereal,—
Syphilis .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 .. 4
ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Septicæmia .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 2

CLASS III.—DIETIC DISEASES.
Alcoholism .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 2 .. 3



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