New Zealand Gazette – 1886 – No. 2

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



JAN. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 39

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN DECEMBER, 1885. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1885.
Males. Females. Total Deaths Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, December, 1885.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 28,918 85 14 1 14 11 1 9 50 1·73
Wellington .. 23,340 72 5 2 14 7 3 6 37 1·59
Christchurch 16,541 35 2 2 5 .. .. 6 15 0·91
Dunedin .. 25,147 62 2 2 18 1 .. 6 29 1·15
Thames .. 5,420 12 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 3 0·55
New Plymouth 3,873 8 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·26
Napier .. 6,574 19 4 1 4 .. .. 1 10 1·52
Wanganui .. 5,283 8 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 2 0·38
Nelson .. 7,335 11 .. .. 4 3 .. 2 9 1·23
Sydenham .. 9,837 35 2 .. 4 2 .. 1 9 0·91
Lyttelton .. 4,708 16 3 1 3 1 .. 1 9 1·91
Timaru .. 4,445 7 .. 1 1 .. .. 1 3 0·67
Oamaru .. 6,698 17 2 .. .. .. .. 1 3 0·45
Hokitika .. 2,956 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Caversham .. 4,389 11 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·46
Invercargill .. 5,348 17 1 .. 4 .. .. 1 6 1·12
Totals .. .. 420 36 10 74 26 4 38 188 ..

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 420 against 467 in November, a decrease of 47. The deaths in December were 188, an increase of 60 on the number for November. Of the above deaths, males contributed 120; females, 68. Seventy-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 40·42 per cent. of the whole number; 62 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 December, 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 9 3 6 1 .. 1 1 3 24 18·32
II. Parasitic Diseases .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 0·76
III. Dietic Diseases .. 4 .. 2 .. .. .. .. 1 7 5·34
IV. Constitutional Diseases 1 9 1 7 .. 3 1 9 31 23·67
V. Developmental Diseases 2 .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. 4 3·05
VI. Local Diseases .. 7 10 4 8 3 7 2 11 52 39·70
VII. Violence .. .. 1 .. 3 .. .. 1 .. 5 3·82
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 3 .. 2 1 1 .. .. .. 7 5·34
Totals .. 27 23 17 20 4 11 5 24 131 100·00

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Whooping Cough .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. 1 .. 2 .. .. .. 3
Typhoid Fever .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2
ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœal,—
Diarrhœa .. .. .. .. 8 1 3 .. 1 .. 13
Dysentery .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Phagedæna .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1
Erysipelas .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1
Pyæmia .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1
Puerperal Fever .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1



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14 January 1886
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, 1885
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