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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

Vital Statistics, January, 1893.

R
EGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month
of January, 1893.

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, 1893.

BOROUGHS

Population of
Boroughs, April, 1891.

Total Births.

Deaths in Boroughs Registered in January, 1893.

Males.

Females.

Total Deaths.

Proportion of
Deaths
to the 1,000 of
Population,
January,
1893.

Under
1 Year.

1 and
5 Years.

5 Years
and over.

Under
1 Year.

1 and
5 Years.

5 Years
and over.

Auckland (popul'n with suburbs, 51,287)
28,613
73
1
3
15
8
2
8
37
1·29
Wellington (popul'n with suburbs, 34,190)
31,021
90
13
1
9
6
1
4
34
1·10
Christch'ch (popul'n with suburbs, 47,846)
16,223
28
6
1
4
4
..
4
19
1·17
Dunedin (popul'n with suburbs, 45,869)
22,376
46
1
1
22
2
..
12
38
1·70
Thames
..
..
..
4,618
9
..
..
1
..
1
3
5
1·08
New Plymouth
..
..
..
3,350
19
..
..
2
1
1
3
7
2·09
Napier
..
..
..
8,341
29
5
..
5
1
..
1
12
1·44
Wanganui
..
..
..
5,011
12
..
..
3
1
..
..
4
0·80
Palmerston North
..
..
..
4,303
27
1
..
2
..
1
..
4
0·93
Blenheim
..
..
..
3,294
17
1
..
3
..
..
1
5
1·52
Nelson
..
..
..
6,626
22
..
..
7
..
..
4
11
1·68
Sydenham
..
..
..
9,680
19
3
..
4
1
1
5
14
1·45
Lyttelton
..
..
..
4,087
11
2
..
1
..
..
1
4
0·98
Timaru
..
..
..
3,668
10
..
..
3
..
..
1
4
1·09
Oamaru
..
..
..
5,621
15
..
1
2
2
..
1
6
1·07
Greymouth
..
..
..
3,787
15
1
..
1
..
..
..
2
0·53
Hokitika
..
..
..
2,178
5
..
..
1
..
..
1
2
0·92
Caversham
..
..
..
4,690
14
..
..
2
..
..
2
4
0·85
Invercargill (popul'n with suburbs, 8,551)
4,950
15
1
..
1
..
1
2
5
1·01
Totals
..
..
..
..
476
35
7
88
26
8
53
217
..

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 476, against 372 in December, an increase of 104. The deaths in
January were 217, an increase of 61 on the number in December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 130; females, 87.
Seventy-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 35·02 per cent. of the whole number; 61 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 January, 1893.

CLASS.

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
1
7
..
2
1
2
1
18
14·06
II. Parasitic Diseases
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
0·78
III. Dietetic Diseases
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
0·78
IV. Constitutional Diseases
..
6
4
2
1
2
..
10
25
19·53
V. Developmental Diseases
1
..
1
..
1
1
..
3
7
5·47
VI. Local Diseases
5
13
5
11
3
4
2
15
58
45·32
VII. Violence
1
3
..
..
..
..
..
4
8
6·25
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes
2
..
4
..
4
..
..
..
10
7·81
Totals
..
14
23
21
13
11
8
4
34
128
100·00

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Influenza
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
3
Whooping-cough
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Diphtheria
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
Typhoid Fever
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœal,—
Cholera Infantum
..
..
3
..
2
..
1
..
2
Diarrhœa
..
..
..
..
4
..
1
1
9
ORDER 5:—
Venereal,—
Syphilis
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1

CLASS II.—PARASITIC DISEASES.
Thrush
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1