New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 29

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



  1. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 29

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JAN., 1888. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN MARCH, 1888. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, March, 1888. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1887.
Males. Females. Total Deaths.
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* 76 10 1 5 9 3 5 33 * *
Wellington .. .. .. 28,235 70 3 .. 6 4 .. 5 18 0·64 15·55
Christchurch .. .. .. 16,217 26 2 1 5 4 .. 5 17 1·05 13·17
Dunedin .. .. .. 24,334 38 1 3 8 .. .. 5 17 0·70 11·65
Thames .. .. .. 4,829 12 .. .. 3 .. .. .. 3 0·62 11·60
New Plymouth .. .. .. 2,806 8 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·71 13·50
Napier .. .. .. 8,419 46 3 1 2 1 1 1 9 1·07 16·25
Wanganui .. .. .. 4,368 8 2 .. .. 1 .. .. 3 0·69 11·49
Blenheim .. .. .. 2,906 14 2 .. .. 2 .. 2 6 2·06 10·77
Nelson .. .. .. 7,661 28 .. 1 1 .. 1 2 5 0·65 10·95
Sydenham .. .. .. 9,594 33 3 1 2 2 .. 4 12 1·25 12·38
Lyttelton .. .. .. 4,194 16 2 2 .. .. .. 1 5 1·19 9·58
Timaru .. .. .. 3,897 11 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 0·51 15·86
Oamaru .. .. .. 5,298 15 .. .. 2 1 .. 1 4 0·76 10·86
Greymouth .. .. .. 3,365 12 1 .. .. 2 .. .. 3 0·89 12·86
Hokitika .. .. .. 2,703 4 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 0·74 11·64
Caversham .. .. .. 4,639 7 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 0·22 11·46
Invercargill .. .. .. 5,120 17 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 3 0·59 9·10
Totals .. .. .. .. 441 31 11 38 27 5 33 145 .. ..

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 441, against 453 in February, a decrease of 12. The deaths in March were 145, a decrease of 59 on the number for February. Of the total deaths, males contributed 80; females, 65. Seventy-four of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 51·03 per cent. of the whole number; 58 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 March, 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 8 2 3 .. 2 1 1 .. 17 20·00
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1·18
IV. Constitutional Diseases 1 2 .. 4 1 2 .. 3 13 15·29
V. Developmental Diseases .. 2 2 .. 1 1 .. .. 6 7·06
VI. Local Diseases .. 11 4 2 6 2 6 3 7 41 48·23
VII. Violence .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 3 4 4·71
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 2 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 3 3·53
Totals .. 23 10 7 11 7 10 4 13 85 100·00

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Whooping-cough .. .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1
Diphtheria .. .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2
Enteric Fever, Typhoid .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2

ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœal,—
Cholera .. .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 2
Diarrhœa .. .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 10

CLASS III.—DIETETIC.
Want of Breast-milk .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1



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