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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of June, 1886.
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 June, 1886.
| Boroughs. | ESTIMATED POPULATION, CENSUS, 1886. | TOTAL Births. | Males. | Females. | Total Deaths | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1885.* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 & under 5 Years. | Under 1 & under 5 Years. | |||||
| 1 Year. | and over. | 1 Year. | and over. | |||
| Auckland | 33,200 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| Wellington | 25,925 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 |
| Christchurch | 15,265 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Dunedin | 23,246 | 52 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |
| Thames | 4,455 | 14 | 2 | |||
| New Plymouth | 3,093 | 15 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Napier | 7,677 | 38 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Wanganui | 4,900 | 19 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Blenheim | 3,094 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Nelson | 7,275 | 28 | 6 | |||
| Sydenham | 9,447 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Lyttelton | 3,958 | 14 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Timaru | 3,754 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Oamaru | 5,318 | 17 | 1 | |||
| Hokitika | 2,716 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Caversham | 4,448 | 16 | 5 | |||
| Invercargill | 5,214 | 39 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 492 | 19 | 6 | 64 | 20 |
- Corrected in accordance with estimates of population based on the census return of 1886.
The deaths of persons not residents of the boroughs, occurring at hospitals, have been excluded in all cases.
Statistics for the Borough of Blenheim are now published for the first time.
The total births in the above boroughs (excluding Blenheim) amounted to 480 against 514 in May, a decrease of 34.
The deaths in June (excluding Blenheim) were 158, an increase of 2 on the number for May. Of the total deaths (162), males contributed 89; females, 73. Fifty-four of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 33·33 per cent. of the whole number; 39 of these were 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 June, 1886.
| 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 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases | |||||
| III. | Dietetic Diseases | 2 | ||||
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| V. | Developmental Diseases | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| VI. | Local Diseases | 6 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 2 |
| VII. | Violence | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 16 | 12 | 23 | 10 |
CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Measles
Whooping-cough
Diphtheria
Typhoid Fever
CLASS III.—DIETIC DISEASES.
Want of Breast-milk
CLASS IV.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Cancer
Tabes Mesenterica
Phthisis
Diabetes Mellitus
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