✨ Vital Statistics Report
Sept. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1233
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month
of August, 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 August, 1886.
| BOROUGHS. | ESTIMATED POPULATION, CENSUS, 1886. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | DEATHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1886. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 1886. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1885.* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total Deaths | |||
| Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | |||
| Auckland .. | 33,161 | 96 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Wellington .. | 25,945 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| Christchurch | 15,265 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Dunedin .. | 23,243 | 67 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Thames .. | 4,444 | 10 | .. | .. | 1 |
| New Plymouth | 3,093 | 14 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Napier .. | 7,680 | 38 | 3 | .. | 4 |
| Wanganui .. | 4,901 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Blenheim .. | 3,094 | 15 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Nelson .. | 7,315 | 23 | .. | .. | 6 |
| Sydenham .. | 9,465 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Lyttelton .. | 3,936 | 11 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Timaru .. | 3,754 | 13 | .. | .. | .. |
| Oamaru .. | 5,330 | 21 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Greymouth .. | 3,133 | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
| Hokitika .. | 2,687 | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Caversham .. | 4,448 | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Invercargill .. | 5,212 | 18 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Totals .. | .. | 514 | 30 | 10 | 65 |
- Corrected in accordance with estimates of population based on the census returns of 1886.
The deaths of persons not residents of the boroughs, occurring at hospitals, have been excluded in all cases.
Excluding Greymouth, for which town statistics are now published for the first time, the total births in the above
boroughs amounted to 508 against 515 in July, a decrease of 7. The deaths in August were 203, an increase of 9 on the
number for July. Of the total deaths, males contributed 105; females, 103. Seventy-four of the deaths were of children
under 5 years of age, being 35·58 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 Proportion per Cent. of Deaths from each Cause, in the Boroughs of Auckland, Wellington,
Christchurch, and Dunedin, that were registered during the Month of August, 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. | ||
| I. | Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 12 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. |
| VI. | Local Diseases .. | 5 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
| VII. | Violence .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Totals .. | 8 | 30 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 11 |
CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Measles .. .. .. .. .. 6
Whooping-cough .. .. .. 3
Typhoid Fever .. .. .. 2
ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœal,—
Diarrhœa .. .. .. .. .. 1
ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Erysipelas .. .. .. .. .. 1
Septicæmia .. .. .. .. .. 1
Puerperal Fever .. .. .. 2
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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, August 1886
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