New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 69

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✨ Vital Statistics



Dec. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1429

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month
of November, 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 November, 1885.
Boroughs. Estimated Population Total Births Deaths Registered in November, 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, November, 1885.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 28,846 93 4 .. 6 2 2 7 21 0·73 | 15·27
Wellington .. 23,276 88 4 2 9 2 3 4 24 1·03 | 15·54
Christchurch 16,518 40 1 1 13 .. .. 2 17 1·03 | 13·08
Dunedin .. 25,109 50 .. 1 4 1 .. 6 12 0·48 | 12·95
Thames .. 5,416 10 1 .. 1 1 .. 3 6 1·11 | 10·24
New Plymouth 3,869 7 .. .. .. 1 .. 2 3 0·78 | 13·04
Napier .. 6,560 26 2 .. 7 2 .. 1 12 1·83 | 15·08
Wanganui .. 5,274 12 1 .. .. .. .. 2 3 0·57 | 9·22
Nelson .. 7,330 15 .. .. 5 .. 1 4 10 1·36 | 12·23
Sydenham .. 9,813 31 2 .. 2 .. .. 3 7 0·71 | 9·85
Lyttelton .. 4,693 16 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 0·21 | 7·94
Timaru .. 4,437 10 1 .. .. .. .. 1 2 0·45 | 9·80
Oamaru .. 6,682 19 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 3 0·45 | 9·63
Hokitika .. 2,944 14 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 0·68 | 10·62
Caversham .. 4,377 14 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 2 0·46 | 9·40
Invercargill .. 5,329 22 .. .. 1 1 .. 1 3 0·56 | 12·94
Totals .. .. 467 17 5 52 11 6 37 128 .. | ..

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 467 against 583 in October, a decrease of 116. The deaths in
November were 128, a decrease of 55 on the number for October. Of the above deaths, males contributed 74; females,
54. Thirty-nine of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 30·47 per cent. of the whole number; 28 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 November, 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 1 .. 4 1 .. 1 .. 2 9 12·16
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 5 .. 2 .. 3 .. 2 12 16·22
V. Developmental Diseases 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 2·70
VI. Local Diseases 3 7 4 8 1 10 2 6 41 55·41
VII. Violence .. 1 .. 2 .. 1 .. .. 4 5·40
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 2 .. 3 .. 1 .. .. .. 6 8·11
Totals .. 8 13 11 13 2 15 2 10 74 100·00

Class I.—Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.
Order 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—

Diphtheria .. .. .. .. 3 .. 1 .. .. .. 3
Typhoid Fever .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1
Order 2:—
Diarrhoeal,—
Diarrhoea .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 2
Order 6:—
Septic,—
Puerperal Peritonitis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 2
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Puerperal Septicæmia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1


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10 December 1885
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Boroughs, Population, Mortality Rates
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