New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 66

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

Vital Statistics, July, 1892.

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

BOROUGHS. POPULATION OF BOROUGHS, CENSUS, APRIL, 1891. TOTAL BIRTHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1892. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1892. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1891.
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.
Population
Auckland (with suburbs, 51,127) 28,613 58 6 3 9 2 1 10 31 1·08 13·63
Wellington (with suburbs,* 34,190) 31,021 90 4 2 11 1 1 10 29 0·93 14·60
Christch’ch (with suburbs, 47,846) 16,223 17 1 .. 13 4 .. 9 27 1·66 11·40
Dunedin (with suburbs, 45,865) 22,376 42 .. .. 14 1 .. 9 24 1·07 13·54
Thames .. 4,618 17 1 .. 4 1 .. .. 6 1·30 9·74
New Plymouth .. 3,350 9 1 1 2 1 1 2 8 2·39 12·54
Napier .. 8,341 22 1 3 7 .. 1 4 16 1·92 13·30
Wanganui .. 5,011 10 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 3 0·60 12·77
Palmerston North .. 4,303 11 .. 1 3 1 .. 4 9 2·09 ..
Blenheim .. 3,294 10 .. 2 1 .. .. 1 4 1·21 9·11
Nelson .. 6,626 17 .. 1 10 .. .. 2 13 1·96 13·88
Sydenham .. 9,680 24 3 1 5 1 1 3 14 1·45 10·12
Lyttelton .. 4,087 24 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 3 0·73 11·00
Timaru .. 3,668 9 .. .. 1 1 1 1 4 1·09 9·27
Oamaru .. 5,621 9 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·18 8·90
Greymouth .. 3,787 8 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·53 17·43
Hokitika .. 2,178 8 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·46 27·55
Caversham .. 4,690 3 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·43 14·29
Invercargill (with suburbs, 8,551) 4,950 8 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 2 0·40 12·32
Totals .. .. 396 18 16 84 14 6 61 199 .. ..

*Including the new Borough of Karori.

NOTE.—Deaths, occurring at hospitals, of persons not residents of the borough wherein the hospital is situated are allotted to the boroughs 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 396, against 387 in June, an increase of 9. The deaths in July were 199, an increase of 15 on the number in June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 118; females, 81. Fifty-four of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 27·14 per cent. of the whole number; 32 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 July, 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 1 3 1 1 .. 3 1 .. 10 9·01
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 0·90
III. Dietetic Diseases .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 2 1·80
IV. Constitutional Diseases 1 5 1 6 .. 7 .. 10 30 27·03
V. Developmental Diseases 2 .. .. 2 .. 1 .. 4 9 8·11
VI. Local Diseases .. 6 11 3 11 3 8 .. 8 50 45·04
VII. Violence .. .. .. 3 .. .. 2 .. 1 6 5·41
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. 3 2·70
Totals .. 12 19 8 21 5 22 1 23 111 100·00


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🏥 Vital Statistics Report

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1 July 1892
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, Proportions
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1 July 1892
Causes of Death, Children, Adults, Boroughs, Proportions
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