New Zealand Gazette – 1886 – No. 43

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



Aug. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1013

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of July, 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 July, 1886.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, CENSUS, 1886. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1886. 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, July, 1886.
Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 33,161 107 5 1 10 1 2 6 25 0·75 14·95
Wellington .. 25,945 90 4 3 12 5 3 8 35 1·35 14·89
Christchurch 15,265 57 5 2 12 2 1 6 28 1·83 14·87
Dunedin .. 23,243 46 6 4 5 2 5 7 29 1·25 12·57
Thames .. 4,444 13 1 .. 2 2 .. .. 5 1·13 11·29
New Plymouth 3,093 8 1 .. 1 2 1 3 8 2·58 17·24
Napier .. 7,680 30 2 1 3 .. .. 3 9 1·17 14·07
Wanganui .. 4,901 18 .. .. 3 3 .. 1 7 1·43 8·67
Blenheim .. 3,094 16 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·32 ..
Nelson .. 7,315 20 .. .. 4 .. .. 5 9 1·23 17·70
Sydenham .. 9,465 34 5 3 2 .. 1 4 15 1·58 13·01
Lyttelton .. 3,996 11 2 2 .. 1 .. .. 5 1·25 12·70
Timaru .. 3,754 15 2 .. 1 .. .. 1 4 1·07 12·18
Oamaru .. 5,330 12 .. .. 5 1 .. 3 9 1·69 12·62
Hokitika .. 2,687 8 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·74 9·26
Caversham .. 4,448 14 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 0·45 9·50
Invercargill .. 5,212 16 .. .. 3 .. .. 1 4 0·77 8·78
Totals .. .. 515 33 16 66 19 13 50 197 .. ..

*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.

The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 515 against 492 in June, an increase of 23. The deaths in July were 197, an increase of 35 on the number for June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 115; females, 82. Eighty-one of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 41·12 per cent. of the whole number; 52 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 July, 1886.

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 2 .. 5 2 3 2 7 .. 21 17·95
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 0·85
III. Dietic Diseases .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 0·86
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 2 .. 6 .. 7 1 3 19 16·24
V. Developmental Diseases 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 .. 12 10·26
VI. Local Diseases 6 10 6 7 3 7 5 9 53 45·30
VII. Violence .. 2 .. 3 .. .. .. .. 5 4·27
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes .. .. 2 .. 2 .. 1 .. 5 4·27
Totals 9 16 15 20 10 18 17 12 117 100·00

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,–
Measles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6
Rubeola .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1
Whooping-cough .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
Typhoid Fever .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 1 .. 3

ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœal,–
Diarrhœa .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Dysentery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1

CLASS II.—PARASITIC.
Thrush .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1



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Vital statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, New Zealand, 1886