✨ Vital Statistics Report
Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1495
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of November, 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 November, 1890.
Boroughs.
(For population of principal boroughs,
including suburbs, see note *.)
Auckland .. .. ..
Wellington .. .. ..
Christchurch .. .. ..
Dunedin .. .. ..
Thames .. .. ..
New Plymouth .. .. ..
Napier .. .. ..
Wanganui .. .. ..
Blenheim .. .. ..
Nelson .. .. ..
Sydenham .. .. ..
Lyttelton .. .. ..
Timaru .. .. ..
Oamaru .. .. ..
Greymouth .. .. ..
Hokitika .. .. ..
Caversham .. .. ..
Invercargill* .. .. ..
Totals .. .. ..
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 422, against 474 in October, a decrease of 52. The deaths in November were 140, a decrease of 24 on the number in October. Of the total deaths, males contributed 67; females, 73. Thirty-seven of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 26·43 per cent. of the whole number; 32 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 ... ... ... 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, 1890.
Causes of Death.
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
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🏥 Report on Vital Statistics
🏥 Health & Social Welfare18 December 1890
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Boroughs, Population, Mortality
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