New Zealand Gazette – 1889 – No. 11

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



FEB. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 225

EGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Principal Boroughs of New Zealand
during the Year 1888.

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Births
and Deaths to Population, in the Boroughs of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, during the
Year 1888.

Boroughs. Estimated Mean Popu- lation, 1888. Births registered in 1888. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Mean Population. Deaths registered in 1888. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population.
Males.
Under 1 Year. 1 and under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 and under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 35,639 1,021 28.65 62 20 107 54 24 107 374 10'49
Wellington 28,655 989 34'51 54 14 141 49 18 100 376 13.12
Christchurch 16,380 393 23.99 30 6 69 22 6 53 186 11.36
Dunedin 23,940 548 22.89 24 8 123 16 7 95 273 11'40
Totals .. 2,951 28.21 (Mean.) 170 48 440 141 55 355 1,209 11.56 (Mean.)

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 Year 1888.

Classes. Causes of Death. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total. Proportions per Cent.
Under 5 Years 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years 5 Years and over.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 49 27 30 25 16 9
II. Parasitic Diseases .. I .. 3 .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases 4 I 2 I .. ..
IV. Constitutional Diseases 14 51 8 64 10 20
V. Developmental Diseases 10 12 13 13 9 8
VI. Local Diseases 65 115 54 116 16 78
VII. Violence 5 5 2 18 4 6
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-speci- fied Causes 12 3 25 2 8 ..
Totals .. 160 214 135 241 64 122

TABLE showing the Number of Deaths of Persons of both Sexes from different Causes, registered in the under-
mentioned Boroughs of the Colony, during the Year 1888, specifying Classes, Orders, and Diseases.

Causes of Death. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total.
Class. Orders, Diseases, &c. Under 5 Years 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years 5 Years and over.
I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Miasmatic.
Scarlatina, Scarlet Fever .. 2 .. ..
Whooping-cough .. 8 .. 4
Diphtheria .. I .. ..
Fever, Low Fever .. I .. 4
Enteric, Typhoid Fever .. 2 .. 16
Gastric Fever .. I .. ..
Total Order I .. 14 18 10
ORDER 2.—Diarrhœal.
Vomiting .. 3 .. ..
Cholera .. .. .. .. I
Diarrhœa .. 29 2 16
Dysentery .. I .. ..
Total Order 2 .. 33 4 17
ORDER 5.—Venereal.
Syphilis.. .. .. .. ..
Stricture of Urethra .. .. .. ..
Total Order 5 .. .. .. ..


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🏛️ Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics for Four Principal Boroughs, 1888

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
21 February 1889
Vital statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Mortality rates, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin