✨ Vital Statistics Report
Oct. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1201
REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of September, 1891.
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 September, 1891.
| BOROUGHS. For population of principal boroughs, including suburbs, see note*.) | POPULATION, CENSUS, APRIL, 1891. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | DEATHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1891. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 1891. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1890. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||
| Under 1 Year. | 1&under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1&under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | ||||||
| Auckland* .. .. | 28,613 | 74 | 3 | .. | 12 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 1·01 | 11·34 |
| Wellington* .. .. | 31,021 | 99 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 49 | 1·58 | 12·64 |
| Christchurch* .. .. | 16,223 | 33 | 2 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 6 | 14 | 0·86 | 11·04 |
| Dunedin* .. .. | 22,376 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 1·03 | 14·20 |
| Thames .. .. | 4,618 | 20 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 0·87 | 11·81 |
| New Plymouth .. .. | 3,350 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 7 | 2·09 | 14·46 |
| Napier .. .. | 8,341 | 35 | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1·20 | 15·18 |
| Wanganui .. .. | 5,011 | 14 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 0·60 | 10·45 |
| Blenheim .. .. | 3,294 | 6 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 1·82 | 8·67 |
| Nelson .. .. | 6,626 | 12 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1·06 | 16·40 |
| Sydenham .. .. | 9,680 | 25 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 0·52 | 11·42 |
| Lyttelton .. .. | 4,087 | 19 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 1·22 | 14·12 |
| Timaru .. .. | 3,668 | 7 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 1·09 | 14·72 |
| Oamaru .. .. | 5,621 | 18 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1·60 | 9·27 |
| Greymouth .. .. | 3,787 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2·38 | 9·52 |
| Hokitika .. .. | 2,178 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 2·30 | 25·37 |
| Caversham .. .. | 4,690 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1·92 | 13·98 |
| Invercargill* .. .. | 4,950 | 16 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1·01 | 15·09 |
| Totals .. .. | .. | 449 | 34 | 7 | 74 | 19 | 11 | 58 | 203 | .. | .. |
NOTE.—Deaths, occurring at hospitals, of persons not residents of the borough in which the hospital is situated are allotted to the borough where the diseases were contracted, and not to that in which the deaths actually took place.
The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 449, against 442 in August, an increase of 7. The deaths in September were 203, an increase of 7 on the number in August. Of the total deaths, males contributed 115; females, 88. Seventy-one of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 34·98 per cent. of the whole number; 53 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 April, 1891, were as follows:—
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland Borough ... ... | 13,616 | 14,997 | 28,613 | Christchurch Borough ... ... | 7,765 | 8,458 | 16,223 |
| Adjacent boroughs and road districts | 10,838 | 11,676 | 22,514 | Adjacent boroughs and other suburbs | 15,310 | 16,313 | 31,623 |
| Total Auckland Borough and suburbs | 24,454 | 26,673 | 51,127 | Total Christchurch Borough and suburbs | 23,075 | 24,771 | 47,846 |
| Wellington Borough ... ... | 15,189 | 15,832 | 31,021 | Dunedin Borough ... ... | 10,427 | 11,949 | 22,376 |
| Adjacent boroughs ... ... | 1,135 | 1,068 | 2,203 | Adjacent boroughs ... ... | 11,375 | 12,114 | 23,489 |
| Total Wellington Borough and suburbs | 16,324 | 16,900 | 33,224 | Total Dunedin Borough and suburbs | 21,802 | 24,063 | 45,865 |
The population of Invercargill and suburbs at same date was—
| M. | F. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invercargill Borough | 2,393 | 2,557 | 4,950 |
| Adjacent boroughs | 1,744 | 1,857 | 3,601 |
| Total Invercargill Borough and suburbs... | 4,137 | 4,414 | 8,551 |
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 September, 1891.
| 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. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years & over. | ||||
| I. | Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | 3 | .. | 15 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 23 | 20·00 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 0·87 |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | .. | 7 | 1 | 8 | .. | 4 | .. | 6 | 26 | 22·61 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | .. | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3·48 |
| VI. | Local Diseases | 4 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 46·08 |
| VII. | Violence | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 | 5·22 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1·74 |
| Totals .. | 7 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 115 | 100·00 |
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