New Zealand Gazette – 1890 – No. 1

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✨ Hospital Board Appointments, Vital Statistics



JAN. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 17

Members of Boards under “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” appointed.

Charitable Aid Department, Wellington, 31st December, 1889.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of section 7 of “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” been pleased to appoint the gentlemen hereinafter named to be Members of the Boards and for the boroughs set before their names respectively:—

Board. Borough. Names of Members.
Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board Hamilton Edwin Thomas Davey.
Wanganui Hospital Board Palmerston North Robert Edwards.
Patea and Wanganui United Charitable Aid Board Palmerston North Robert Edwards.
North Canterbury Hospital Board Sydenham William Langdown.
Ashburton and North Canterbury United Charitable Aid Board Sydenham William Langdown.

G. F. RICHARDSON.

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

BOROUGHS. (For population of principal boroughs, including suburbs, see note †.) ESTIMATED POPULATION JAN., 1889. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN NOVEMBER, 1889. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, November, 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.
Auckland† 35,858 83 3 2 10
Wellington† 29,075 91 3 2 12
Christchurch† 16,455 24 1 1 3
Dunedin† 23,546 43 .. 2 14
Thames * 10 .. 1 3
New Plymouth 2,867 9 .. .. 2
Napier 8,597 29 .. .. 1
Wanganui 5,240 14 .. .. 1
Blenheim 3,260 11 .. 1 ..
Nelson 7,733 18 1 1 3
Sydenham 10,117 20 1 .. ..
Lyttelton 3,992 14 1 .. 2
Timaru 3,707 6 1 .. 2
Oamaru 5,637 18 .. .. 1
Greymouth 3,637 7 .. .. ..
Hokitika 2,666 11 .. .. 4
Caversham 4,962 10 .. .. 4
Invercargill† 4,990 11 1 .. 2
Totals .. 429 12 10 64

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 429, against 478 in October, a decrease of 49. The deaths in November were 152, a decrease of 24 on the number in October. Of the total deaths, males contributed 86; females, 66. Forty-four of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 28·95 per cent. of the whole number; 28 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 consideration 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

Wellington Borough … … … 25,945
Suburbs … … … 1,888
Total Wellington Borough and suburbs 27,833

Christchurch Borough… … … 15,265
Adjacent boroughs and other suburbs… 29,423
Total Christchurch Borough and suburbs 44,688

Dunedin Borough … … … 23,243
Adjacent boroughs … … … 22,275
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 November, 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 Zymotic Diseases .. .. 2 3 .. ..
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. 1 .. ..
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 2 1 11 .. 2
V. Developmental Diseases .. 1 2 .. 2 1
VI. Local Diseases 3 9 6 14 2 1
VII. Violence 2 1 .. .. 1 ..
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 4 .. 2 .. .. ..
Totals 9 13 13 29 3 4


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🏥 Hospital Board Appointments

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
31 December 1889
Appointments, Hospital Boards, Charitable Aid, Members
  • Edwin Thomas Davey, Appointed to Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board
  • Robert Edwards, Appointed to Wanganui Hospital Board and Patea and Wanganui United Charitable Aid Board
  • William Langdown, Appointed to North Canterbury Hospital Board and Ashburton and North Canterbury United Charitable Aid Board

  • G. F. Richardson

🏥 Vital Statistics Report

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
2 January 1890
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs