New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 18

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✨ Vital Statistics



Mar. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 375

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of January, 1888.

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, 1888.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JAN., 1888. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN JANUARY, 1888. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 o Population, Jan., 1888. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1886. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1887.
Males. Females.
Under 1 Year. 1& under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year.
Auckland 35,965* 90 8 6 12 9
Wellington 28,235 72 11 2 11 7
Christchurch 16,217 37 1 .. 4 5
Dunedin 24,334 60 2 .. 13 2
Thames 4,829 13 .. .. 1 ..
New Plymouth 2,806 6 .. 2 4 ..
Napier 8,419 44 4 1 6 3
Wanganui 4,368 14 1 .. 1 ..
Blenheim 2,906 13 .. 1 .. 1
Nelson 7,661 22 .. .. 3 2
Sydenham 9,594 23 .. .. 3 ..
Lyttelton 4,194 8 1 .. 1 2
Timaru 3,897 14 1 .. .. ..
Oamaru 5,298 17 .. 1 .. 2
Greymouth 3,365 10 1 .. 1 ..
Hokitika 2,703 10 1 .. .. ..
Caversham 4,639 9 1 .. 4 1
Invercargill 5,120 16 .. .. 2 1
Totals .. 478 32 13 66 35

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 478, against 401 in December, an increase of 77. The deaths in January were 202, an increase of 84 on the number for December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 111; females, 91. Eighty-five of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 42·08 per cent. of the whole number; 67 of these were under 1 year of age.

  • The population for Auckland is that estimated for the 1st January, 1887. The information supplied as to the number of inhabited houses in January of the present year is not sufficiently accurate to be used in calculating population. The figures for 1887 are believed to be in excess of the actual fact. It has been deemed unsafe to give any death-rate, as the proportion could not be relied upon.

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, 1888.

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 2 6 2 5 ..
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases 3 1 .. 1 .. ..
IV. Constitutional Diseases 2 6 1 7 .. 3
V. Developmental Diseases 1 1 1 .. 1 ..
VI. Local Diseases 7 8 7 8 1 6
VII. Violence 1 1 .. 2 .. ..
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 4 .. 5 1 1 ..
Totals 24 19 20 21 8 9

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Whooping-cough .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 1
Enteric Fever .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 3

ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœal,—
Cholera .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 3 .. .. 1
Diarrhœa .. .. .. 5 .. 5 .. 1 .. .. 14

ORDER 5:—
Venereal,—
Syphilis .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. 2

ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Puerperal Fever .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1



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🏥 Vital Statistics for Principal Towns (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
22 March 1888
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, Mortality Rates, Causes of Death, Children, Febrile Diseases, Dietetic Diseases, Constitutional Diseases, Developmental Diseases, Local Diseases, Violence, Ill-defined Causes