✨ Vital Statistics Report
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of September, 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 September, 1885.
| Boroughs. | Estimated Population. | Total Births. | Deaths Registered in September, 1885. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1884. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | |||
| Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | |||
| Auckland | 28,659 | 133 | 9 | 1 |
| Wellington | 23,152 | 92 | 2 | 5 |
| Christchurch | 16,479 | 30 | 2 | .. |
| Dunedin | 25,025 | 60 | 2 | .. |
| Thames | 5,408 | 8 | .. | .. |
| New Plymouth | 3,850 | 16 | .. | .. |
| Napier | 6,515 | 30 | .. | .. |
| Wanganui | 5,239 | 20 | .. | 1 |
| Nelson | 7,314 | 16 | 1 | .. |
| Sydenham | 9,772 | 25 | 3 | .. |
| Lyttelton | 4,674 | 15 | .. | .. |
| Timaru | 4,414 | 12 | .. | .. |
| Oamaru | 6,661 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| Hokitika | 2,924 | 11 | .. | .. |
| Caversham | 4,365 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| Invercargill | 5,295 | 21 | 1 | .. |
| Totals | .. | 523 | 24 | 10 |
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 523, against 504 in August, an increase of 19. The deaths in September were 196, an increase of 16 on the number for August. Of the above deaths, males contributed 106; females, 90. Sixty-one of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 31·28 per cent. of the whole number; 47 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 September, 1885.
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .. |
| II. Parasitic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| III. Dietic Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| IV. Constitutional Diseases | 2 | 5 | .. | 4 | .. | 3 |
| V. Developmental Diseases | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| VI. Local Diseases | 10 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 10 |
| VII. Violence | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 19 | 28 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 14 |
| CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES. | AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | CHRISTCHURCH. | DUNEDIN. | TOTAL. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORDER 1:— Miasmatic Diseases,— | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 5 Years. |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. |
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| ORDER 2:— Diarrhœal,— | |||||
| Diarrhœa | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| ORDER 6:— Septic,— | |||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. |
| CLASS III.—DIETIC DISEASES. | |||||
| Alcoholism | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
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NZ Gazette 1885, No 60
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