Vital Statistics




334 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No 14.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Principal Boroughs of New Zealand during the Year 1889.

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Births and Deaths to Population, in the Boroughs of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, during the Year 1889.

  • Boroughs: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Totals
  • Estimated Mean Population 1889
  • Births registered in 1889
  • Proportion of Births to Mean Population
  • Deaths registered in 1889
    • Males: Under 1 Year, 1 and under 5 Years, 5 Years and over
    • Females: Under 1 Year, 1 and under 5 Years, 5 Years and over
  • Total Deaths
  • Proportion of Deaths to Mean Population

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 Year 1889.

  • Classes: I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases, II. Parasitic Diseases, III. Dietetic Diseases, IV. Constitutional Diseases, V. Developmental Diseases, VI. Local Diseases, VII. Violence, VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes, Totals
  • Causes of Death
  • Auckland: Under 5 Years, 5 Years and over
  • Wellington: Under 5 Years, 5 Years and over
  • Christchurch: Under 5 Years, 5 Years and over
  • Dunedin: Under 5 Years, 5 Years and over
  • Total
  • Proportions per Cent.

TABLE showing the Number of Deaths of Persons of both Sexes from different Causes, registered in the under-mentioned Boroughs of the Colony, during the Year 1889, specifying Classes, Orders, and Diseases.

  • Class: I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES
  • Orders, Diseases, &c.:
    • ORDER 1.—Miasmatic: Scarlatina, Scarlet Fever, Catarrh, Whooping-cough, Diphtheria, Hyperpyrexia, Enteric Fever, Gastric Fever
    • ORDER 2.—Diarrhoeal: Cholera Infantum, Diarrhoea, Dysentery
    • ORDER 5.—Venereal: Syphilis
    • ORDER 6.—Septic: Erysipelas, Pyæmia, Septicæmia, Puerperal Fever, Septicæmia
  • Auckland: Under 5 Years, 5 Years and over
  • Wellington: Under 5 Years, 5 Years and over
  • Christchurch: Under 5 Years, 5 Years and over
  • Dunedin: Under 5 Years, 5 Years and over
  • Total


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