New Zealand Gazette – 1886 – No. 4

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



JAN. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 113

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Principal Boroughs of New Zealand during the Year 1885.

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 1885.

Boroughs. Total Estimated Population on 31st Dec., 1885. Estimated Mean Population, 1885. Births registered in 1885. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Mean Population. Deaths registered in 1885.
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 .. 28,953 28,522 1,343 47·09 116 21 133 78 30 102 480 16·83
Wellington 23,375 23,066 992 43·01 59 21 140 43 16 95 374 16·21
Christchurch 16,561 16,458 432 26·25 33 13 90 25 8 58 227 13·79
Dunedin .. 25,180 24,969 717 28·72 42 12 119 27 7 88 295 11·81
Totals .. .. .. 3,484 37·46 (Mean) 250 67 482 173 61 343 1,376 14·79 (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 1885.

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. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases .. 65 29 30 33 25 9 17 19 227 16·50
II. Parasitic Diseases .. 6 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 .. 9 0·65
III. Dietic Diseases .. 10 4 5 .. 5 3 1 4 32 2·33
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 13 59 11 53 7 43 5 68 259 18·82
V. Developmental Diseases 26 12 13 7 4 2 11 7 82 5·96
VI. Local Diseases .. 98 109 54 120 24 84 44 102 635 46·15
VII. Violence .. 1 20 2 18 .. 6 5 6 58 4·21
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes .. 26 2 24 3 14 1 3 1 74 5·38
245 235 139 235 79 148 88 207 1,376 100·00
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.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES. ORDER I.—Miasmatic.
Scarlet Fever .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1
Whooping Cough .. 1 .. 5 8 .. .. .. 14
Diphtheria .. .. 3 8 10 9 1 1 .. 32
Simple Fever .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1
Enteric, Typhoid Fever .. .. .. 9 .. 11 2 .. 4 26
ORDER 2.—Diarrhœal.
Diarrhœa .. .. 54 6 13 1 13 2 9 2
Dysentery .. .. 3 1 1 1 .. .. 1 ..
ORDER 3.—Malarial.
Remittent Fever .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
ORDER 5.—Venereal.
Syphilis .. .. 2 .. 1 .. .. .. 3 2
Gonorrhœa .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
ORDER 6.
Phagedæna .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Erysipelas .. .. 1 2 .. 4 1 .. 2 3
Pyæmia, Septicæmia .. .. .. 3 .. 4 1 1 1 1
Puerperal Fever, Peritonitis, Septicæmia .. .. .. .. .. 3 .. 3 .. 4
Total Class I. .. .. 65 29 30 33 25 9 17 19
II.—PARASITIC DISEASES. Thrush .. .. 5 .. .. .. .. .. 2 ..
Worms .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. ..
Total Class II. .. .. 6 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 ..


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