✨ Vital Statistics Report
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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, 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 October, 1889.
BOROUGHS,
(For population of principal boroughs,
including suburbs, see note †.)
| Boroughs | ESTIMATED POPULATION JAN., 1889. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | DEATHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 1889. (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 Population, October, 1889. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1888. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland‡ | 35,858 | 91 | 2, 1, 14 | 2, ., 1, 8 | 27 | 0.75 |
| Wellington‡ | 29,075 | 80 | 2, ., 1 | 2, ., 1, 6 | 31 | 1.07 |
| Christchurch‡ | 16,455 | 39 | ., ., 7 | 2, ., 1, 6 | 18 | 1.09 |
| Dunedin‡ | 23,546 | 54 | 2, ., 4 | 2, ., 1, 7 | 20 | 0.85 |
| Thames | † | 11 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | 4 | 2.44 |
| New Plymouth | 2,867 | 13 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | 7 | 0.93 |
| Napier | 8,597 | 41 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | 8 | 1.34 |
| Wanganui | 5,240 | 14 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | 3 | 0.31 |
| Blenheim | 3,260 | 13 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | 14 | 1.81 |
| Nelson | 7,733 | 15 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | 4 | 0.40 |
| Sydenham | 10,117 | 25 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | 2 | 0.50 |
| Lyttelton | 3,992 | 7 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | 7 | 1.89 |
| Timaru | 3,707 | 12 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | 9 | 1.60 |
| Oamaru | 5,637 | 21 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | 1 | 0.27 |
| Greymouth | 3,637 | 11 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | 5 | 1.88 |
| Hokitika | 2,666 | 7 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | 8 | 1.61 |
| Caversham | 4,962 | 8 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | 3 | 0.61 |
| Invercargill‡ | 4,990 | 16 | ., ., ., | ., ., ., . | ||
| Totals | .. | 478 | 24 | 8 | 65 | 21 |
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 478, against 426 in September, an increase of 52. The deaths
in October were 176, an increase of 20 on the number in September. Of the total deaths, males contributed 97; females, 79.
Fifty-seven of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 32.39 per cent. of the whole number; 45 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 October, 1889.
| CLASSES. | 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 Zy-motic Diseases | ., 2 | 3, .. | .., 1 | .., .. | 6 | 6.25 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases | .., .. | .., .. | .., .. | .., 1 | 1 | 1.04 |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases | .., 1 | .., .. | .., .. | .., .. | 1 | 1.04 |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | .., 5 | .., 10 | .., .. | 2, 5 | 21 | 21.88 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | 2, 3 | 4, 10 | 1, 2 | 4, .. | 13 | 13.54 |
| VI. | Local Diseases | .., 13 | .., 10 | 2, 8 | .., 5 | 47 | 48.96 |
| VII. | Violence | .., .. | .., 1 | 1, .. | .., .. | 2 | 2.08 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | .., .. | .., .. | 1, 1 | .., 2 | 5 | 5.21 |
| Totals | 5 | 22 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 13 |
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