New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 65

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



1334 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 65

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

BOROUGHS.

ESTIMATED POPULATION JAN., 1888.

TOTAL BIRTHS.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 1888.

Males.

Under 1 Year.

1 & under 5 Years.

5 Years and over.

Females.

Under 1 Year.

1 & under 5 Years.

5 Years and over.

Total Deaths.

Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, October, 1888.

Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1887.

Auckland .. .. ..

Wellington .. .. ..

Christchurch .. .. ..

Dunedin .. .. ..

Thames .. .. ..

New Plymouth .. .. ..

Napier .. .. ..

Wanganui .. .. ..

Blenheim .. .. ..

Nelson .. .. ..

Sydenham .. .. ..

Lyttelton .. .. ..

Timaru .. .. ..

Oamaru .. .. ..

Greymouth .. .. ..

Hokitika .. .. ..

Caversham .. .. ..

Invercargill .. .. ..

Totals .. .. ..

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 500, against 433 in September, an increase of 67. The deaths in October were 159, the same number as in September. Of the total deaths, males contributed 93; females, 66. Fifty-eight of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 36·48 per cent. of the whole number; 43 of these were under 1 year of age.

  • The population for Auckland is that estimated for the middle of the year 1888.

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 October, 1888.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

AUCKLAND.

Under 5 Years.

5 Years & over.

WELLINGTON.

Under 5 Years

5 Years & over.

CHRISTCHURCH.

Under 5 Years.

5 Years & over.

DUNEDIN.

Under 5 Years.

5 Years & over.

TOTAL.

PROPORTIONS PER CENT

I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases

II. Parasitic Diseases ..

III. Dietetic Diseases ..

IV. Constitutional Diseases ..

V. Developmental Diseases

VI. Local Diseases ..

VII. Violence ..

VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes

Totals ..

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—

Miasmatic,—

Whooping-cough

Enteric Fever, Typhoid ..

ORDER 6:—

Septic,—

Pyaemia

Puerperal Septicæmia ..

CLASS III.—DIETETIC DISEASES.

Delirium Tremens ..



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🏥 Vital Statistics of Principal Towns

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
13 October 1888
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, New Zealand
  • Registrar-General