New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 35

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

JUNE 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 697

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

| BOROUGHS. | ESTIMATED POPULATION, JAN., 1888. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | DEATHS REGISTERED IN MAY, 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, May, 1888. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1887. |
| Auckland .. .. .. | 35,965 | 108 | 4 | .. | 11 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 30 | | * |
| Wellington .. .. .. | 28,235 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 1·20 | 15·55 |
| Christchurch .. .. .. | 16,217 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0·99 | 13·17 |
| Dunedin .. .. .. | 24,334 | 47 | 4 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 4 | 15 | 0·62 | 11·65 |
| Thames .. .. .. | 4,829 | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 0·83 | 11·60 |
| New Plymouth .. .. .. | 2,806 | 11 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 1·78 | 13·50 |
| Napier .. .. .. | 8,419 | 30 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 0·59 | 16·25 |
| Wanganui .. .. .. | 4,368 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·67 | 11·49 |
| Blenheim .. .. .. | 2,906 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10·77 |
| Nelson .. .. .. | 7,661 | 18 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0·78 | 10·95 |
| Sydenham .. .. .. | 9,594 | 35 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 6 | 0·61 | 12·38 |
| Lyttelton .. .. .. | 4,194 | 10 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 0·95 | 9·53 |
| Timaru .. .. .. | 3,897 | 12 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 1·54 | 15·86 |
| Oamaru .. .. .. | 5,298 | 12 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 0·94 | 10·86 |
| Greymouth .. .. .. | 3,365 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 0·59 | 12·86 |
| Hokitika .. .. .. | 2,703 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11·64 |
| Caversham .. .. .. | 4,639 | 13 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1·29 | 11·46 |
| Invercargill .. .. .. | 5,120 | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·59 | 9·10 |
| Totals .. .. | .. | 467 | 25 | 2 | 52 | 19 | 7 | 45 | 150 | .. | .. |

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 467, against 462 in April, an increase of 5. The deaths in May were 150, a decrease of 47 on the number for April. Of the total deaths, males contributed 79; females, 71. Fifty-three of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 35·33 per cent. of the whole number; 44 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 May, 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 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15·79 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1·05 |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | .. | 4 | .. | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 17 | 17·90 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 3·16 |
| VI. | Local Diseases | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 47 | 49·47 |
| VII. | Violence | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7·37 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 5·26 |
| | Totals .. | 11 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 95 | 100·00 |

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. 1
Low Fever .. .. .. .. .. 1
Enteric Fever, Typhoid .. .. .. 5

ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœal,—
Diarrhœa .. .. .. .. 3 .. 1 .. .. 1 .. 6
Dysentery .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1

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

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1888, No 35

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🏥 Vital Statistics of Principal Towns

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated21 June 1888
KeywordsVital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, May 1888

🏥 Causes of Deaths in Boroughs

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated21 June 1888
KeywordsCauses of Death, Children, Adults, Boroughs, May 1888

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