New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 50

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✨ Vital Statistics



JUNE 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 871

Vital Statistics, May, 1892.

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

BOROUGHS. POPULATION OF BOROUGHS, CENSUS, APRIL, 1891. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN MAY, 1892. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, May, 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 (with suburbs, 51,127) 28,613 62 4 1 18 2 2 10 37 1·29 13·63
Wellington (with suburbs, 33,224) 31,021 76 7 .. 16 2 .. 13 38 1·22 14·60
Christch'ch (with suburbs, 47,346) 16,223 35 4 3 3 1 1 8 20 1·23 11·40
Dunedin (with suburbs, 45,865) 22,376 33 1 1 12 .. .. 9 23 1·03 13·54
Thames .. .. 4,618 14 .. 2 1 2 .. .. 5 1·08 9·74
New Plymouth .. 3,350 7 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·30 12·54
Napier .. .. 8,341 37 1 1 1 3 1 4 11 1·32 13·30
Wanganui .. .. 5,011 10 2 1 2 .. .. 2 7 1·40 12·77
Palmerston North .. 4,303 16 2 .. .. 1 .. .. 3 0·70 ..
Blenheim .. .. 3,294 6 .. .. .. 1 1 1 3 0·92 9·11
Nelson .. .. 6,626 14 .. .. 4 1 1 5 11 1·66 13·88
Sydenham .. .. 9,680 23 1 .. 1 1 .. 3 6 0·62 10·12
Lyttelton .. .. 4,087 12 1 .. .. .. .. 1 2 0·49 11·00
Timaru .. .. 3,668 14 3 .. 2 1 1 .. 7 1·91 9·27
Oamaru .. .. 5,621 8 .. .. .. 2 .. 1 3 0·53 8·90
Greymouth .. .. 3,787 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·26 17·43
Hokitika .. .. 2,178 7 .. .. .. 1 .. 2 3 1·38 27·55
Caversham .. .. 4,690 8 1 .. 7 .. 1 1 10 2·13 14·29
Invercargill (with suburbs, 8,551) 4,950 12 1 1 2 1 .. 1 6 1·21 12·32
Totals .. .. .. 394 28 10 69 19 8 63 197 .. ..

Note.—Deaths, occurring at hospitals, of persons not residents of the borough wherein 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 394—or, exclusive of Palmerston North, which appears in this report for the first time, to 378—against 409 in April, a decrease of 31. The deaths in May were 197—or, exclusive of Palmerston North, 194—an increase of 15 on the number in April. Of the total deaths, males contributed 107; females, 90. Sixty-five of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 33 per cent. of the whole number; 47 of these were under 1 year of age.

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 May, 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 4 2 1 4 3 1 .. 2 17 14·41
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 0·85
IV. Constitutional Diseases 1 6 1 9 .. 2 2 10 31 26·27
V. Developmental Diseases 1 3 1 .. 4 1 .. .. 10 8·47
VI. Local Diseases .. 3 15 2 10 2 6 .. 8 46 38·98
VII. Violence .. .. .. 2 .. 6 .. .. .. 1 9 7·63
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes .. .. 4 .. .. .. .. .. 4 3·39
Totals .. 9 28 9 29 9 11 2 21 118 100·00


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