New Zealand Gazette – 1889 – No. 24

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 409

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of March, 1889.

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 March, 1889.

BOROUGHS. (For population of principal boroughs, including suburbs, see note †.)	ESTIMATED POPULATION JAN., 1889.	TOTAL BIRTHS.	DEATHS REGISTERED IN MARCH, 1889. (Age breakdowns omitted)	Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, March, 1889.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1888.
Auckland‡ ..	35,858	84	(Numerical data)	46	1.28	10.49
Wellington‡ ..	29,075	92	(Numerical data)	50	1.72	13.12
Christchurch‡ ..	16,455	31	(Numerical data)	26	1.58	11.36
Dunedin‡ ..	23,546	42	(Numerical data)	25	1.06	11.40
Thames ..	†	18	(Numerical data)	7	0.85	15.87
New Plymouth ..	2,867	14	(Numerical data)	4	0.81	13.87
Napier ..	8,597	39	(Numerical data)	3	0.76	8.53
Wanganui ..	5,240	15	(Numerical data)	3	0.92	10.70
Blenheim ..	3,260	14	(Numerical data)	4	0.52	11.95
Nelson ..	7,733	13	(Numerical data)	4	0.52	11.95
Sydenham ..	10,117	25	(Numerical data)	18	1.78	10.86
Lyttelton ..	3,992	13	(Numerical data)	4	1.08	12.36
Timaru ..	3,707	12	(Numerical data)	4	0.89	9.95
Oamaru ..	5,637	17	(Numerical data)	5	1.37	9.14
Greymouth ..	3,637	7	(Numerical data)	2	0.75	12.30
Hokitika ..	2,666	7	(Numerical data)	2	2.02	11.04
Caversham ..	4,962	9	(Numerical data)	10	2.02	11.04
Invercargill ..	4,990	17	(Numerical data)	8	1.60	6.92
Totals ..	..	469	(Numerical data)	232	..	..

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 469, against 366 in February, an increase of 103. The deaths in March were 232, an increase of 58 on the number in February. Of the total deaths, males contributed 128; females, 104. One hundred and twenty-seven of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 54.74 per cent. of the whole number; 110 of these were under 1 year of age.

† The information necessary for calculating the population has not yet been obtained from the Town Clerk.
‡ It must be understood that the numbers of the population as given above refer only to those within the several borough boundaries. To estimate the relative importance of the principal boroughs it is necessary in each case to take into consideration the number of the population in the adjacent boroughs and road districts, some of which are included in the above table, and other districts which are practically suburbs of the central borough. This can only be done with any degree of accuracy for census years.
The populations of the four principal boroughs and their suburbs in 1886 were as follows:—

	Christchurch Borough ...	15,265
Auckland Borough ...	33,161	Adjacent boroughs and other suburbs...
Adjacent boroughs and road districts ...	23,887	Total Christchurch Borough and suburbs ...
Total Auckland Borough and suburbs ...	57,048
Wellington Borough ...	25,945	Dunedin Borough ...
Suburbs ...	1,888	Adjacent boroughs ...
Total Wellington Borough and suburbs ...	27,833	Total Dunedin Borough and suburbs ...

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 March, 1889.

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.
I.	Specific Febrile or Zy- motic Diseases	9	4	17	4	9	5
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	1	..	..	..	2
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	..	6	..	2	1
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	2	1	7	1	..
VI.	Local Diseases	6	..	1	1	1	5
VII.	Violence	..	..	..	..	..	..
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not- specified Causes	4	..	..	..	..	..
	Totals	22	24	30	20	13	13