New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 23

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



April 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 427

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JAN., 1888. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1888.
Males. Females.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, Feb., 1888. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1887.
Auckland .. .. .. 35,965* 74 15 2 9 10 2 9 47 * *
Wellington .. .. .. 28,235 77 3 1 7 4 2 6 23 0.81 15.55
Christchurch .. .. .. 16,217 36 6 .. 9 7 1 8 31 1.91 13.17
Dunedin .. .. .. 24,334 55 2 .. 13 .. 1 13 29 1.19 11.65
Thames .. .. .. 4,829 8 1 .. 3 1 .. .. 5 1.04 11.60
New Plymouth .. .. .. 2,806 12 .. 1 2 .. .. 2 5 1.78 13.50
Napier .. .. .. 8,419 35 2 .. 7 3 .. 2 14 1.66 16.25
Wanganui .. .. .. 4,368 11 .. .. 2 .. .. 2 4 0.92 11.49
Blenheim .. .. .. 2,906 14 2 .. .. 2 .. .. 4 1.38 10.77
Nelson .. .. .. 7,661 19 .. 1 4 .. 2 .. 5 0.65 10.95
Sydenham .. .. .. 9,594 29 4 .. 2 2 2 5 15 1.56 12.38
Lyttelton .. .. .. 4,194 18 .. 2 .. 1 .. 1 4 0.95 9.58
Timaru .. .. .. 3,897 10 .. 1 2 .. 1 1 5 1.28 15.86
Oamaru .. .. .. 5,298 14 .. 1 2 .. .. .. 3 0.57 10.86
Greymouth .. .. .. 3,365 10 2 .. .. .. .. 2 2 0.59 12.86
Hokitika .. .. .. 2,703 2 .. .. .. 1 .. 2 3 1.11 11.64
Caversham .. .. .. 4,639 12 .. .. 4 .. .. .. 4 0.86 11.46
Invercargill .. .. .. 5,120 17 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0.19 9.10
Totals .. .. .. .. 453 37 9 66 31 9 52 204 .. ..

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 453, against 478 in January, a decrease of 25. The deaths in February were 204, an increase of 2 on the number for January. Of the total deaths, males contributed 112; females, 92. Eighty-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 42.16 per cent. of the whole number; 68 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 February, 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. Under 5 Years. 5 Years & over.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 15 5 1 1 5 2 1 2 32 24.61
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 2 1.54
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. 2 1.54
IV. Constitutional Diseases 3 5 .. 2 2 3 .. 10 25 19.23
V. Developmental Diseases 2 2 3 .. 1 1 .. 1 10 7.69
VI. Local Diseases .. 7 6 2 7 .. 9 2 12 45 34.62
VII. Violence .. .. .. 1 1 1 2 .. .. 5 3.85
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 2 .. 2 1 4 .. .. .. 9 6.92
Totals .. 29 18 10 13 14 17 3 26 130 100.00

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

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

ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœal,—
Cholera ..
Diarrhœa ..
Dysentery ..

ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Erysipelas ..



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🏥 Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
5 April 1888
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, February 1888
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