✨ Vital Statistics Report
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month
of April, 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 April 1889.
| BOROUGHS. (For population of principal boroughs, including suburbs, see note 1.) | ESTIMATED POPULATION JAN., 1889. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | DEATHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, 1889. | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1889. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1888. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | |||||
| Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | |||
| Auckland‡ | 35,858 | 74 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
| Wellington‡ | 29,075 | 68 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Christchurch‡ | 16,455 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Dunedin‡ | 23,546 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Thames | † | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| New Plymouth | 2,867 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Napier | 8,597 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Wanganui | 5,240 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Blenheim | 3,260 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Nelson | 7,733 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Sydenham | 10,117 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Lyttelton | 3,992 | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Timaru | 3,707 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Oamaru | 5,637 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Greymouth | 3,637 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Hokitika | 2,666 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Caversham | 4,962 | 10 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Invercargill | 4,990 | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
| Totals | 420 | 32 | 9 | 52 | 24 |
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 420, against 469 in March, a decrease of 49. The deaths in
April were 173, a decrease of 59 on the number in March. Of the total deaths, males contributed 93; females, 80.
Seventy-eight of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 45.74 per cent. of the whole number; 56 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 above given refer only to those within the several borough boundaries.
To estimate the relative importance of the principal boroughs as centres of population it is necessary in each case to take into con-
sideration the number of the population in the adjacent boroughs, 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:-
Auckland Borough ... 33,161
Adjacent boroughs and road districts ... 23,887
Total Auckland Borough and suburbs... 57,048
Christchurch Borough ... 15,265
Adjacent boroughs and other suburbs... 29,423
Total Christchurch Borough and suburbs 44,688
Wellington Borough ... 25,945
Dunedin Borough ... 23,243
Suburbs ... 1,888
Adjacent boroughs ... 22,275
Total Wellington Borough and suburbs 27,833
Total Dunedin Borough and suburbs 45,518
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 April, 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- | 6 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. |
| motic Diseases | |||||||
| II. | Parasitic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| VI. | Local Diseases | 5 | 13 | .. | 5 | .. | .. |
| VII. | Violence | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not- | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| specified Causes | |||||||
| Totals | 16 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 12 |
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