New Zealand Gazette – 1887 – No. 74

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✨ Vital Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JAN., 1887. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 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, Oct., 1887.
Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1&under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 35,965 121 8 4 10 1 5 4 27 0·75
Wellington .. 26,956 99 3 4 8 3 .. 8 26 0·96
Christchurch .. 15,684 42 1 .. 3 .. 1 8 13 0·83
Dunedin .. 24,233 59 3 .. 11 1 1 10 26 1·07
Thames .. 4,829 13 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 0·41
New Plymouth .. 2,970 13 .. 1 2 1 .. .. 4 1·35
Napier .. 7,955 37 1 1 3 1 2 4 12 1·51
Wanganui .. 4,836 18 .. .. .. .. 1 1 2 0·46
Blenheim .. 3,035 10 2 .. .. 2 .. 1 5 1·65
Nelson .. 7,678 13 .. .. 2 1 .. 4 7 0·91
Sydenham .. 10,273 24 .. .. 3 .. 2 2 7 0·68
Lyttelton .. 4,155 21 .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 0·48
Timaru .. 3,794 12 1 .. 1 .. .. 4 6 1·58
Oamaru .. 5,753 17 .. .. 4 2 1 3 10 1·74
Greymouth .. 3,169 9 3 .. .. .. .. .. 3 0·95
Hokitika .. 2,796 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·36
Caversham .. 4,610 12 .. 1 3 1 .. 3 8 1·74
Invercargill .. 5,204 12 .. .. 1 1 .. 1 3 0·58
Totals .. .. 533 18 11 52 15 13 55 164 ..

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 533, against 433 in September, an increase of 100. The deaths in October were 164, an increase of 5 on the number for September. Of the total deaths, males contributed 81; females, 83. Fifty-seven of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 34·76 per cent. of the whole number; 33 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 Proportions per Cent. of Deaths from each Cause, in the Boroughs of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, that were registered during the Month of October, 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 2 .. 2 1 .. 1
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
IV. Constitutional Diseases 2 4 .. 6 .. 3
V. Developmental Diseases 1 3 1 .. 1 1
VI. Local Diseases .. 7 6 6 9 1 6
VII. Violence .. .. 1 .. .. .. ..
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 .. 1 .. .. ..
Totals .. 13 14 10 16 2 11

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Severe Cold .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Whooping-cough .. .. .. .. 2 1 .. .. .. .. 3
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1
ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœal,—
Diarrhœa .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
ORDER 5:—
Venereal,—
Syphilis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1

CLASS III.—DIETETIC.
Delirium Tremens .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1



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