New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 8

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



JAN. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 187

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Principal Boroughs of New Zealand during the year 1884.

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Births and Deaths to Population, in the Boroughs of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, during the Year 1884.

| Boroughs. | Total Estimated Population on 31st Dec., 1884. | Estimated Mean Population, 1884. | Births registered in 1884. | Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Mean Population. | Deaths registered in 1884. | | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | | Males. | | | Females. | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population. |
| Auckland .. | 28,090 | 27,702 | 1,198 | 43·25 | 79 | 27 | 115 | 71 | 26 | 105 | 423 | 15·27 |
| Wellington | 22,757 | 22,458 | 946 | 42·12 | 60 | 18 | 116 | 63 | 19 | 73 | 349 | 15·54 |
| Christchurch | 16,356 | 16,212 | 499 | 30·78 | 29 | 6 | 83 | 29 | 8 | 57 | 212 | 13·08 |
| Dunedin .. | 26,228 | 26,016 | 761 | 29·25 | 38 | 16 | 145 | 30 | 22 | 86 | 337 | 12·95 |
| Totals .. | .. | .. | 3,404 | 36·84 (Mean) | 206 | 67 | 459 | 193 | 75 | 321 | 1,321 | 14·30 (Mean) |

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 Year 1884.

Classes. Causes of Death. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total. Proportions per Cent.
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.
I. Zymotic Diseases .. 100 36 37 23 17 12 26 23 274 20·74
II. Constitutional Diseases .. 7 52 15 45 4 35 11 86 255 19·30
III. Local Diseases .. 44 105 58 89 30 79 47 100 552 41·79
IV. Developmental Diseases .. 46 15 50 14 19 10 21 9 184 13·93
V. Violent Deaths .. 6 11 .. 18 2 4 1 13 55 4·16
Ill-defined .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 0·08
Totals .. .. 203 220 160 189 72 140 106 231 1,321
Class. Causes of Death. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total.
Orders, Diseases, &c. 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.
I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. ORDER 1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
Chickenpox .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1
Measles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 1 5
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 2
Diphtheria .. .. .. 2 4 .. 2 .. 4 4 2
Quinsy .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
Croup .. .. .. 8 6 3 1 .. .. 2 1
Whooping Cough .. .. .. 24 1 11 .. 4 .. 3 2
Typhoid Fever .. .. .. 1 12 .. 7 .. 3 .. 6
Erysipelas .. .. .. 1 2 1 1 1 .. 3 ..
Puerperal Fever (Metria) .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
Influenza, Catarrh .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Dysentery .. .. .. 1 .. 7 .. .. .. .. ..
Diarrhoea .. .. .. 44 1 11 1 7 .. 2 ..
Rheumatism .. .. .. .. 5 .. 1 .. 1 .. 4
Pyæmia, &c. .. .. .. 1 1 1 3 .. 1 .. 1
ORDER 2.—Enthetic Diseases.
Syphilis .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1
Stricture of Urethra .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. ..
ORDER 3.—Dietic Diseases.
Want of Breast Milk .. .. .. 5 .. .. .. 1 .. 3 ..
Inanition .. .. .. 8 .. 2 .. 2 .. 1 ..
Purpura.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1
Alcoholism Intemperance .. .. .. 1 .. 4 .. 3 ..
Delirium Tremens .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. ..
ORDER 4.—Parasitic Diseases.
Thrush .. .. .. .. 3 .. .. .. .. .. 2
Worms .. .. .. .. 2 .. 1 .. .. .. ..
Total Class I. .. .. .. 100 36 37 23 17 12 26 23


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29 January 1885
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