New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 15

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of January, 1892.

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 January, 1892.

BOROUGHS. POPULATION, CENSUS, APRIL, 1891. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS REGISTERED IN JANUARY, 1892. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1892. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1891.
(For population of principal boroughs, including suburbs, see note*.) 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 70 4 4 9 6 2 8 33 1·15
Wellington* .. .. 31,021 88 9 2 14 8 2 6 41 1·32
Christchurch* .. .. 16,223 34 7 .. 9 4 .. 8 28 1·73
Dunedin* .. .. 22,376 35 2 2 6 2 2 10 24 1·07
Thames .. .. 4,618 10 2 2 .. 4 .. 2 10 2·17
New Plymouth .. .. 3,350 6 1 .. 2 .. .. 2 5 1·49
Napier .. .. 8,341 33 3 .. 3 3 3 3 15 1·80
Wanganui .. .. 5,011 15 .. .. .. 2 .. 3 5 1·00
Plenheim .. .. 3,294 7 1 .. 1 1 .. 2 5 1·52
Nelson .. .. 6,626 14 .. .. 2 .. .. 2 4 0·60
Sydennam .. .. 9,680 32 2 .. 1 1 1 3 8 0·83
Lyttelton .. .. 4,087 6 1 .. .. .. .. 1 2 0·49
Timaru .. .. 3,668 13 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 0·55
Oamaru .. .. 5,621 25 1 .. 3 1 .. 2 7 1·25
Greymouth .. .. 3,787 15 1 .. 1 2 .. .. 4 1·06
Hokitika .. .. 2,178 7 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·92
Caversham .. .. 4,690 14 2 .. 3 .. .. 2 7 1·49
Invercargill* .. .. 4,950 12 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 1·41
Totals .. .. .. 436 38 11 58 35 11 56 209 ..

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 436, against 420 in December, an increase of 16. The deaths in January were 209, a decrease of 54 on the number in December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 107; females, 102. Ninety-five of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 45·45 per cent. of the whole number; 73 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:—

Auckland Borough
M. 13,616 F. 14,997 Total. 28,613
Adjacent boroughs and road districts
M. 10,838 F. 11,676 Total. 22,514
Total Auckland Borough and suburbs
M. 24,454 F. 26,673 Total. 51,127

Wellington Borough
M. 15,189 F. 15,832 Total. 31,021
Adjacent boroughs
M. 1,135 F. 1,068 Total. 2,203
Total Wellington Borough and suburbs
M. 16,324 F. 16,900 Total. 33,224

Christchurch Borough
M. 7,765 F. 8,458 Total. 16,223
Adjacent boroughs and other suburbs
M. 15,310 F. 16,313 Total. 31,623
Total Christchurch Borough and suburbs
M. 23,075 F. 24,771 Total. 47,846

Dunedin Borough
M. 10,427 F. 11,949 Total. 22,376
Adjacent boroughs
M. 11,375 F. 12,114 Total. 23,489
Total Dunedin Borough and suburbs
M. 21,802 F. 24,063 Total. 45,865

The population of Invercargill and suburbs at same date was—
Invercargill Borough
M. 2,393 F. 2,557 Total. 4,950
Adjacent boroughs
M. 1,744 F. 1,857 Total. 3,601
Total Invercargill Borough and suburbs...
M. 4,137 F. 4,414 Total. 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 January, 1892.

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 11 3 11 3 6 3 1 1 39 30·95
II. Parasitic Diseases 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 0·79
III. Dietetic Diseases 1 2 .. .. 2 1 .. .. 6 4·76
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 3 2 6 .. 4 3 6 24 19·05
V. Developmental Diseases .. 1 3 .. 1 .. 2 .. 7 5·56
VI. Local Diseases 3 7 4 8 2 7 2 9 42 33·33
VII. Violence .. 1 .. 2 .. 2 .. .. 5 3·97
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes .. .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. 2 1·59
Totals 16 17 21 20 11 17 8 16 126 100·00


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