New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 57

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

1118 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 57

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION JAN., 1888.	TOTAL BIRTHS.	DEATHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1888.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 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 .. .. ..	35,639*	77	..	1	10	4	3	7	25	0·70	..
Wellington .. .. ..	28,235	86	1	4	17	3	..	7	32	1·13	15·55
Christchurch .. .. ..	16,217	32	4	..	7	..	..	3	14	0·86	13·17
Dunedin .. .. ..	24,334	39	1	..	11	4	2	9	27	1·11	11·65
Thames .. .. ..	4,829	19	1	..	5	..	..	..	6	1·24	11·60
New Plymouth .. .. ..	2,806	5	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·71	13·50
Napier .. .. ..	8,419	31	..	..	2	2	..	4	8	0·95	16·25
Wanganui .. .. ..	4,368	14	1	..	2	..	..	1	4	0·92	11·49
Blenheim .. .. ..	2,906	9	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·34	10·77
Nelson .. .. ..	7,661	22	1	..	3	..	..	3	7	0·91	10·95
Sydenham .. .. ..	9,594	25	2	..	1	3	..	1	7	0·73	12·38
Lyttelton .. .. ..	4,194	17	..	1	3	2	..	1	7	1·70	9·58
Timaru .. .. ..	3,897	14	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	15·86
Oamaru .. .. ..	5,298	12	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	10·86
Greymouth .. .. ..	3,365	6	1	..	2	..	..	..	3	0·89	12·86
Hokitika .. .. ..	2,703	2	1	..	5	1	1	2	10	3·70	11·64
Caversham .. .. ..	4,639	11	1	..	2	..	..	..	3	0·65	11·46
Invercargill .. .. ..	5,120	12	2	..	..	..	..	1	3	0·59	9·10
Totals .. .. ..	..	433	16	6	71	19	6	41	159	..	..

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 433, against 457 in August, a decrease of 24. The deaths in September were 159, a decrease of 11 on the number for August. Of the total deaths, males contributed 93; females, 66. Forty-seven of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 29·56 per cent. of the whole number; 35 of these were under 1 year of age.

The population for Auckland is that estimated for the middle of the year 1838.

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 September, 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	3	2	2	..	..	..	2	12	12·25
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	1·02
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	5	1	5	1	1	..	7	21	21·43
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	..	..	..	2	1	2	..	5	5·10
VI.	Local Diseases ..	4	8	4	15	1	7	3	10	52	53·06
VII.	Violence ..	..	1	1	1	..	1	..	1	5	5·10
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2	2·04
	Totals ..	8	17	8	24	4	10	7	20	98	100·00

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Scarlatina .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Whooping-cough .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 2
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1
Enteric Fever, Typhoid .. .. .. .. 1 1 1 .. .. .. 3
ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Erysipelas .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 3
Puerperal Fever, Septicæmia .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2

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