New Zealand Gazette – 1887 – No. 40

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of May, 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 May, 1887.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JAN., 1887. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN MAY, 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, May, 1887.
Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 35,965 90 8 .. 11 3 1 3 26 0·72
Wellington .. 26,956 86 4 2 7 4 2 5 24 0·89
Christchurch .. 15,684 43 2 1 9 1 1 6 20 1·28
Dunedin .. 24,233 56 5 1 8 2 .. 8 24 0·99
Thames .. 4,829 15 .. 2 3 2 .. 1 8 1·66
New Plymouth .. 2,970 6 .. .. 2 2 .. 1 5 1·68
Napier .. 7,955 34 2 1 3 1 1 4 12 1·51
Wanganui .. 4,336 15 1 1 2 2 .. 3 9 2·08
Blenheim .. 3,035 16 1 .. 2 .. .. .. 3 0·99
Nelson .. 7,678 14 1 .. .. 4 .. 1 6 0·78
Sydenham .. 10,273 33 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·19
Lyttelton .. 4,155 13 .. .. .. 2 .. .. 2 0·48
Timaru .. 3,794 22 2 .. .. 2 .. 2 6 1·58
Oamaru .. 5,753 15 .. .. 5 .. .. 1 6 1·04
Greymouth .. 3,169 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Hokitika .. 2,796 1 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 3 1·07
Caversham .. 4,610 14 1 .. 1 1 .. 2 5 1·08
Invercargill .. 5,204 14 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 0·19
Totals .. .. 496 28 8 55 27 5 39 162 ..

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 496 against 440 in April, an increase of 56. The deaths in May were 162, a decrease of 13 on the number for April. Of the total deaths, males contributed 91; females, 71. Sixty-eight of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 41·98 per cent. of the whole number; 55 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 May, 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.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 6 3 1 3 1 6
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. 1 .. .. .. .. ..
IV. Constitutional Diseases 1 2 4 3 2 1
V. Developmental Diseases 1 1 .. .. 2 ..
VI. Local Diseases .. 2 7 4 4 .. 6
VII. Violence .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 1
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 .. 3 1 .. 1
Totals .. 12 14 12 12 5 15
AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL.
Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years.
CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. 1 .. ..
Typhoid Fever .. .. .. .. .. .. 3
ORDER 2:—
Diarrhoeal,—
Cholera .. .. .. 1 .. 1 ..
Diarrhoea .. .. .. 5 1 .. ..
Dysentery .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Puerperal Peritonitis .. .. .. .. 1 .. ..
CLASS III.—DIETETIC DISEASES.
Want of Breast-milk .. .. 1 .. .. .. ..


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