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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19
REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month
of February, 1887.
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 February, 1887.
| BOROUGHS. | ESTIMATED POPULATION, CENSUS, 1886. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | DEATHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1887. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1886. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1887. | |||||||
| 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 | 77 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 49 | 1·48 |
| Wellington | 25,945 | 87 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 10 | .. | 3 | 36 | 1·39 |
| Christchurch | 15,265 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 1·77 |
| Dunedin | 23,243 | 42 | 4 | .. | 6 | 4 | .. | 3 | 17 | 0·73 |
| Thames | 4,444 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·68 |
| New Plymouth | 3,093 | 8 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1·62 |
| Napier | 7,680 | 29 | 7 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 12 | 1·56 |
| Wanganui | 4,901 | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 0·41 |
| Blenheim | 3,094 | 7 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·65 |
| Nelson | 7,315 | 19 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | 10 | 1·37 |
| Sydenham | 9,465 | 25 | 7 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1·48 |
| Lyttelton | 3,996 | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1·25 |
| Timaru | 3,754 | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 1·07 |
| Oamaru | 5,330 | 19 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 6 | 1·13 |
| Greymouth | 3,133 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·96 |
| Hokitika | 2,687 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1·49 |
| Caversham | 4,448 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·45 |
| Invercargill | 5,212 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 9 | 1·73 |
| Totals | .. | 430 | 69 | 5 | 39 | 54 | 6 | 37 | 210 | .. |
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 430 against 474 in January, a decrease of 44. The deaths in
February were 210, an increase of 11 on the number for January. Of the total deaths, males contributed 113; females,
97. One hundred and thirty-four of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 63·81 per cent. of the whole
number; 123 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 February, 1887.
| 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 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .. | 49 | 37·98 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1·55 |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3·88 |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 16 | 12·40 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 8 | 6·20 |
| VI. | Local Diseases | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 27·91 |
| VII. | Violence | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 | 4·65 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 5·43 |
| Totals | 35 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 129 | 100·00 |
CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Measles | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3
Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4
Gastric Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2
ORDER 2:—
Diarrheal,—
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1
Diarrhea | .. | .. | 15 | .. | 13 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 35
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1
ORDER 5:—
Venereal,—
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2
CLASS II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Thrash | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1
Worms | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1
CLASS III.—DIETETIC DISEASES.
Want of Breast-milk | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1
Malnutrition | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2
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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Mortality, Population, Boroughs, February 1887
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