New Zealand Gazette – 1889 – No. 50

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

AUG. 22.]

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 July, 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 July, 1889.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION JAN., 1889.	TOTAL BIRTHS.	DEATHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1889.			Females.			Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 Population, July, 1889.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1888.
(For population of principal boroughs,
including suburbs, see note †.)			Males.
			Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Auckland‡	35,858	63	1	1	12	1	2	5	20	0.56	10.49
Wellington‡	29,075	87	4	1	12	2	3	9	31	1.07	13.12
Christchurch‡	16,455	18	..	..	6	..	..	3	9	0.55	11.36
Dunedin	23,546	49	2	..	19	..	..	9	30	1.27	11.40
Thames †		12	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Plymouth	2,867	10	..	1	..	..	..	1	4	1.40	15.87
Napier	8,597	30	1	..	4	..	..	1	6	0.70	13.87
Wanganui	5,240	17	..	..	1	..	1	1	3	0.57	8.53
Blenheim	3,260	12	..	..	1	..	..	1	1	0.31	10.70
Nelson	7,733	15	1	..	3	1	..	1	7	0.91	11.95
Sydenham	10,117	25	2	..	1	..	1	4	9	0.69	10.86
Lyttelton	3,992	11	..	1	1	..	..	5	8	2.00	15.88
Timaru	3,707	18	2	1	1	1	..	4	9	2.43	12.36
Oamaru	5,637	22	2	..	3	..	..	3	3	0.53	9.95
Greymouth	3,637	8	2	..	..	..	..	2	2	0.55	9.14
Hokitika	2,666	8	..	1	1	..	..	3	5	1.88	12.30
Caversham	4,962	8	..	..	1	..	1	4	6	1.21	11.04
Invercargill‡	4,990	19	1	1	1	..	..	2	5	1.00	6.92
Totals	..	432	16	8	71	7	5	49	156	..	..

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 432, against 396 in June, an increase of 36. The deaths in
July were 156, an increase of 12 on the number in June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 95; females, 61.
Thirty-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 23.08 per cent. of the whole number; 23 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 Christchurch Borough ... ... 15,265
Adjacent boroughs and road districts ... 23,887 Adjacent boroughs and other suburbs... 29,423
Total Auckland Borough and suburbs... 57,048 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 population of Invercargill and suburbs at same date was---
Invercargill Borough ... ... ... 5,212
Adjacent boroughs ... ... ... 3,727
Total Invercargill Borough and suburbs... 8,939

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 July, 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	1	1	1	3	..	..	..
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	1	..	1
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	1	..	3	..	1
V.	Developmental Diseases	3	4	4	13	..	6
VI.	Local Diseases	2	12	2	1	..	1
VII.	Violence	..	..	..	1	..	..
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-
specified Causes	..	..	1	1	..	..	..
Totals	..	3	17	10	21	..	9

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1889, No 50

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Dated22 August 1889
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