✨ Vital Statistics Report
226 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 9
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of January, 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 January, 1886.
Deaths Registered in January, 1886.
| Boroughs. | Estimated Population | Total Births | Males (Under 1 Year) | Males (1 & under 5 Years) | Males (5 Years and over) | Females (Under 1 Year) | Females (1 & under 5 Years) | Females (5 Years and over) | Total Deaths | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1886 | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1885 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland .. | 28,953 | 86 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 12 | .. | 8 | 48 | 1·66 | 16·83 |
| Wellington .. | 23,375 | 82 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 56 | 2·40 | 16·21 |
| Christchurch | 16,561 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 1·33 | 13·79 |
| Dunedin .. | 25,180 | 66 | 2 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 11 | 21 | 0·83 | 11·81 |
| Thames .. | 5,429 | 11 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 0·92 | 9·48 |
| New Plymouth | 3,880 | 12 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·52 | 14·06 |
| Napier .. | 6,583 | 16 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·30 | 16·02 |
| Wanganui .. | 5,289 | 13 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 0·76 | 8·05 |
| Nelson .. | 7,337 | 14 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1·09 | 17·53 |
| Sydenham .. | 9,863 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 1·62 | 12·43 |
| Lyttelton .. | 4,715 | 15 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1·27 | 10·74 |
| Timaru .. | 4,449 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 0·67 | 10·46 |
| Oamaru .. | 6,712 | 15 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·30 | 10·26 |
| Hokitika .. | 2,961 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·34 | 8·58 |
| Caversham .. | 4,398 | 13 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 9 | 2·05 | 9·43 |
| Invercargill .. | 5,359 | 22 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·37 | 8·54 |
| Totals .. | .. | 451 | 51 | 8 | 56 | 43 | 6 | 43 | 207 | .. | .. |
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 451 against 420 in December, an increase of 31. The deaths in January were 207, an increase of 19 on the number for December. Of the above deaths, males contributed 115; females, 92. One hundred and eight of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 52·17 per cent. of the whole number; 94 of these were of children 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 January, 1886.
Causes of Death
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases
II. Parasitic Diseases
III. Dietetic Diseases
IV. Constitutional Diseases
V. Developmental Diseases
VI. Local Diseases
VII. Violence
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes
Class I.—Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic Diseases,—
Whooping Cough
Diphtheria
Typhoid Fever
ORDER 2:—
Diarrheal,—
Cholera Infantum
Diarrhœa
Dysentery
ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Puerperal Septicæmia
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NZ Gazette 1886, No 9
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🏥 Vital Statistics of Principal Towns
🏥 Health & Social Welfare1 January 1886
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs
- Registrar-General
🏥 Causes of Deaths in Boroughs
🏥 Health & Social Welfare1 January 1886
Causes of Death, Children, Febrile Diseases, Parasitic Diseases, Dietetic Diseases, Constitutional Diseases, Developmental Diseases, Local Diseases, Violence, Ill-defined Causes
- Registrar-General