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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41
REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of April, 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 April, 1892.
| BOROUGHS. (For population of principal boroughs, including suburbs, see note*.) | POPULATION, CENSUS, APRIL, 1891. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | DEATHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, 1892. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1892. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1891. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | |||||||||||
| Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Total Deaths. | ||||||
| Auckland* .. .. .. | 28,613 | 73 | 8 | .. | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 1·12 | 13·63 | |
| Wellington* .. .. .. | 31,021 | 77 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 6 | .. | 8 | 38 | 1·22 | 14·60 | |
| Christchurch* .. .. .. | 16,223 | 38 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0·62 | 11·40 | |
| Dunedin* .. .. .. | 22,376 | 44 | 2 | .. | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 0·85 | 13·54 | |
| Thames .. .. .. | 4,618 | 15 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·43 | 9·74 | |
| New Plymouth .. .. .. | 3,350 | 11 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 0·60 | 12·54 | |
| Napier .. .. .. | 8,341 | 88 | 4 | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | 4 | 17 | 2·04 | 13·30 | |
| Wanganui .. .. .. | 5,011 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 1·40 | 12·77 | |
| Blenheim .. .. .. | 3,294 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 1·52 | 9·11 | |
| Nelson .. .. .. | 6,626 | 20 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 7 | 1·06 | 13·88 | |
| Sydenham .. .. .. | 9,680 | 14 | 2 | .. | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | 12 | 1·24 | 10·12 | |
| Lyttelton .. .. .. | 4,087 | 9 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1·46 | 11·00 | |
| Timaru .. .. .. | 3,668 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·27 | 9·27 | |
| Oamaru .. .. .. | 5,621 | 11 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 0·53 | 8·90 | |
| Greymouth .. .. .. | 3,787 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 0·79 | 17·43 | |
| Hokitika .. .. .. | 2,178 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0·92 | 27·55 | |
| Caversham .. .. .. | 4,690 | 11 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 0·85 | 14·29 | |
| Invercargill* .. .. .. | 4,950 | 17 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 9 | 1·82 | 12·32 | |
| Totals .. .. .. | .. | 409 | 38 | 4 | 63 | 26 | 7 | 41 | 179 | .. | .. |
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 409, against 406 in March, an increase of 3. The deaths in April were 179, a decrease of 28 on the number in March. Of the total deaths, males contributed 105; females, 74. Seventy-five of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 41·90 per cent. of the whole number; 64 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. | F. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjacent boroughs and road districts | 13,616 | 14,997 | 28,613 |
| 10,838 | 11,676 | 22,514 | |
| Total Auckland Borough and suburbs | 24,454 | 26,673 | 51,127 |
| Wellington Borough | M. | F. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjacent boroughs | 15,189 | 15,832 | 31,021 |
| 1,135 | 1,068 | 2,203 | |
| Total Wellington Borough and suburbs | 16,324 | 16,900 | 33,224 |
| Christchurch Borough | M. | F. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjacent boroughs and other suburbs | 7,765 | 8,458 | 16,223 |
| 15,310 | 16,313 | 31,623 | |
| Total Christchurch Borough and suburbs | 23,075 | 24,771 | 47,846 |
| Dunedin Borough | M. | F. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjacent boroughs | 10,427 | 11,949 | 22,376 |
| 11,375 | 12,114 | 23,489 | |
| Total Dunedin Borough and suburbs | 21,802 | 24,063 | 45,865 |
The population of Invercargill and suburbs at same date was—
| Invercargill Borough | M. | F. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjacent boroughs | 2,893 | 2,557 | 4,950 |
| 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 April, 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 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 21 | 21·21 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1·01 |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 22 | 22·22 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8·08 |
| VI. | Local Diseases .. | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | 7 | 40 | 40·40 |
| VII. | Violence .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3·03 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 4·05 |
| Totals .. | 15 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 99 | 100·00 |
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