New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 41

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

July 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 781

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JAN., 1888.	TOTAL BIRTHS.	DEATHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 1888.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 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*	83	3	..	18	4	..	7	32	*	*
Wellington .. .. ..	28,235	77	4	..	10	3	2	9	28	0·99	15·55
Christchurch .. .. ..	16,217	40	..	..	2	2	..	4	8	0·49	13·17
Dunedin .. .. ..	24,334	43	..	..	14	1	1	5	21	0·83	11·65
Thames .. .. ..	4,829	12	..	..	2	..	2	1	5	1·04	11·60
New Plymouth .. .. ..	2,806	8	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	0·71	13·50
Napier .. .. ..	8,419	41	..	..	5	1	2	2	10	1·19	16·25
Wanganui .. .. ..	4,368	18	1	1	..	..	..	..	2	0·46	11·49
Blenheim .. .. ..	2,906	7	..	1	1	1	..	..	3	1·03	10·77
Nelson .. .. ..	7,661	10	2	1	2	..	..	4	9	1·17	10·95
Sydenham .. .. ..	9,594	27	1	..	..	3	..	1	5	0·52	12·38
Lyttelton .. .. ..	4,194	13	1	..	3	1	..	2	7	1·67	9·58
Timaru .. .. ..	3,897	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	15·86
Oamaru .. .. ..	5,298	21	2	..	2	..	1	1	6	1·13	10·86
Greymouth .. .. ..	3,365	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12·86
Hokitika .. .. ..	2,703	4	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	0·74	11·64
Caversham .. .. ..	4,639	9	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0·65	11·46
Invercargill .. .. ..	5,120	20	1	1	1	1	..	..	4	0·78	9·10
Totals .. .. ..	..	444	16	4	63	18	8	38	147	..	..

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 444, against 467 in May, a decrease of 23. The deaths in June were 147, a decrease of 3 on the number for May. Of the total deaths, males contributed 83; females, 64. Forty-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 31·29 per cent. of the whole number; 34 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 June, 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	1	2	3	3	..	..	..	2	11	12·36
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	8	1	5	1	1	1	7	25	28·09
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	..	1	..	1	1	..	1	5	5·62
VI.	Local Diseases ..	3	13	3	9	..	3	1	8	40	44·94
VII.	Violence .. ..	..	1	..	2	..	1	..	1	5	5·62
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	3	3·37
	Totals ..	7	25	9	19	2	6	2	19	89	100·00

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Whooping-cough .. .. .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2
Diphtheria .. .. .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5
Fever .. .. .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1
Enteric Fever, Typhoid .. .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2
ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Erysipelas .. .. .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1

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