New Zealand Gazette – 1886 – No. 65

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✨ Vital Statistics and Mortality Rates



Dec. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1631

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, CENSUS, 1886. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN NOVEMBER, 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, November, 1886.
Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 33,161 122 4 1 9 5 1 7 27 0·81
Wellington .. 25,945 80 2 1 10 4 3 6 26 1·00
Christchurch 15,265 38 1 .. 3 2 .. 2 8 0·52
Dunedin .. 23,243 54 1 .. 6 6 1 6 20 0·86
Thames .. 4,444 15 .. .. .. .. 1 1 2 0·45
New Plymouth 3,093 7 .. .. 1 1 .. 1 3 0·97
Napier .. 7,680 37 .. .. 2 3 .. 4 9 1·17
Wanganui .. 4,901 15 1 .. .. 2 .. 2 5 1·02
Blenheim .. 3,094 10 1 .. 2 .. .. .. 3 0·97
Nelson .. 7,315 11 1 .. 4 1 1 2 9 1·23
Sydenham .. 9,465 21 2 1 2 3 .. 2 10 1·06
Lyttelton .. 3,996 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Timaru .. 3,754 8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Oamaru .. 5,330 27 3 .. 2 1 .. 1 7 1·31
Greymouth .. 3,133 8 2 .. .. 1 .. .. 3 0·96
Hokitika .. 2,687 8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Caversham .. 4,448 12 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 0·45
Invercargill .. 5,212 18 2 .. 2 .. .. 1 5 0·96
Totals .. .. 495 20 3 45 29 7 35 139 ..
  • 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 495 against 478 in October, an increase of 17. The deaths in November were 139, a decrease of 17 on the number for October. Of the total deaths, males contributed 68; females, 71. Fifty-nine of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 42·45 per cent. of the whole number; 49 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 November, 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 4 .. .. .. .. 2 1 8 9·88
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 1·23
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 5 1 7 1 2 1 6 23 28·40
V. Developmental Diseases 3 .. 2 .. .. .. 2 .. 7 8·64
VI. Local Diseases .. 6 6 6 8 1 3 3 4 37 45·68
VII. Violence .. .. 1 .. 1 1 .. .. .. 3 3·70
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 2 2·47
Totals .. 11 16 10 16 3 5 8 12 81 100·00

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Whooping-cough .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 2 .. 3
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1
ORDER 2:—
Diarrheal,—
Dysentery .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1
ORDER 5:—
Venereal,—
Syphilis .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1
ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Puerperal Fever, Peritonitis .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 2

CLASS II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Hydatids (Lungs) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1



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🏥 Registrar-General’s Report on Vital Statistics

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16 December 1886
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, Mortality Rates

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Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, Mortality Rates, Age Groups

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Causes of Death, Mortality, Age Groups, Boroughs, Specific Diseases, Constitutional Diseases, Local Diseases, Violence