New Zealand Gazette – 1890 – No. 46

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 46

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of July, 1890.

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, 1890.

DEATHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1890.

Boroughs.	ESTIMATED POPULATION JAN., 1890.	TOTAL BIRTHS.	Males.	Females.	Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1890.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1889.
(For population of principal boroughs, including suburbs, see note *.)			Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.
Auckland*	33,307	66	14	3	29	0·87	9·49
Wellington*	31,028	80	2	11	29	0·93	12·45
Christchurch*	17,116	35	1	2	5	12	0·70
Dunedin*	24,168	57	13	2	9	25	1·03
Thames	4,627	16	1	1	2	0·43	12·97
New Plymouth	2,893	9	1	1	0·35	12·85
Napier	8,876	36	2	5	3	10	1·13
Wanganui	5,107	9	1	1	2	0·39	9·09
Blenheim	3,035	12	1	1	2	0·66	9·88
Nelson	7,777	21	5	4	9	1·16	10·83
Sydenham	10,252	32	1	3	4	8	0·78
Lyttelton	4,127	12	4	2	6	1·45	11·59
Timaru	3,925	22	2	1	2	5	1·27
Oamaru	5,706	18	2	2	5	0·88	8·82
Greymouth	3,727	10	1	2	1	2	6
Hokitika	2,610	14	4	4	1·53	18·58
Caversham	4,927	11	1	4	3	9	1·83
Invercargill*	5,160	12	2	1	1	4	0·78
Totals	472	11	70	17	8	61	168

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 472, against 406 in June, an increase of 66. The deaths in July were 168, a decrease of 16 on the number in June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 82; females, 86. Thirty-seven of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 22·02 per cent. of the whole number; 28 of these were under 1 year of age.

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

Christchurch Borough

Adjacent boroughs and road districts

Adjacent boroughs and other suburbs

Total Auckland Borough and suburbs

Total Christchurch Borough and suburbs

Wellington Borough

Dunedin Borough

Suburbs

Adjacent boroughs

Total Wellington Borough and suburbs

Total Dunedin Borough and suburbs

The population of Invercargill and suburbs at same date was—

Invercargill Borough

Adjacent boroughs

Total Invercargill Borough and suburbs

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, 1890.

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	1	3	2	1	1	9
II. Parasitic Diseases
III. Dietetic Diseases
IV. Constitutional Diseases	9	1	7	1	6	24
V. Developmental Diseases	1	1	2	2	1	2
VI. Local Diseases	2	11	2	11	3	2
VII. Violence	2	3	1	6	6·32
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	2	2·10
Totals	3	26	7	22	8	4

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1890, No 46

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