✨ Vital Statistics Report
Oct. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1321
REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of September, 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 September, 1886.
| BOROUGHS. | ESTIMATED POPULATION, CENSUS, 1886. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | DEATHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 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, September, 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 | 105 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 35 | 1·06 | 14·95 |
| Wellington .. | 25,945 | 87 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 1·81 | 14·89 |
| Christchurch | 15,265 | 33 | 2 | .. | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 1·18 | 14·87 |
| Dunedin .. | 23,243 | 63 | 4 | .. | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 1·25 | 12·57 |
| Thames .. | 4,444 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·23 | 11·29 |
| New Plymouth | 3,093 | 10 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·65 | 17·24 |
| Napier .. | 7,680 | 36 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 6 | 0·78 | 14·07 |
| Wanganui .. | 4,901 | 25 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 0·61 | 8·67 |
| Blenheim .. | 3,094 | 8 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 1·29 | .. |
| Nelson .. | 7,315 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1·50 | 17·70 |
| Sydenham .. | 9,465 | 29 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1·16 | 13·01 |
| Lyttelton .. | 3,996 | 13 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·50 | 12·70 |
| Timaru .. | 3,754 | 13 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1·07 | 12·18 |
| Oamaru .. | 5,330 | 27 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 0·75 | 12·62 |
| Greymouth .. | 3,133 | 8 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 | 1·92 | .. |
| Hokitika .. | 2,687 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 1·49 | 9·26 |
| Caversham .. | 4,448 | 7 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 | 1·35 | 9·50 |
| Invercargill .. | 5,212 | 17 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 0·96 | 8·78 |
| Totals .. | .. | 522 | 33 | 8 | 51 | 36 | 17 | 53 | 198 | .. | .. |
- 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.
The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 522 against 514 in August, an increase of 8. The deaths in September were 198, a decrease of 10 on the number for August. Of the total deaths, males contributed 92; females, 106. Ninety-four of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 47·47 per cent. of the whole number; 69 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 September, 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 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .. | 16 | 12·40 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1·55 |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·78 |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | .. | 2 | 4 | 9 | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | 24 | 18·61 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6·20 |
| VI. | Local Diseases .. | 7 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 58 | 44·96 |
| VII. | Violence .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10·85 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 4·65 |
| Totals .. | 13 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 129 | 100·00 |
CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Measles .. .. .. .. 2 1 1 1 .. .. 5
Whooping-cough .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 5 .. 6
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1
ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœal,—
Diarrhœa .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. 2
ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Erysipelas .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 1
Septicæmia .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
CLASS II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Hydatids .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 2
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