New Zealand Gazette – 1893 – No. 13

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 13

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Principal Boroughs of New Zealand during the Year 1892.

Return of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Births and Deaths to Population, in the Boroughs of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, during the Year 1892.

Boroughs. Mean Population of Boroughs, 1892, excluding Suburbs.* Births registered in 1892. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Mean Population. Deaths registered in 1892.
Males. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population.
Under 1 Year. 1 and under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 and under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
Auckland .. 30,508 791 25·93 70 20 125 43 14 110 382 12·52
Wellington 32,996 922 27·94 59 14 173 47 10 102 405 12·27
Christchurch 16,567 351 21·19 37 9 64 22 5 60 197 11·89
Dunedin .. 23,037 536 23·27 33 10 106 18 8 92 267 11·59
Totals .. .. 2,600 25·22 (mean) 199 53 468 130 37 364 1,251 12·13 (mean)
  • The populations of the four principal boroughs and their suburbs in April, 1891, were as follows:—

Auckland Borough .. .. .. .. 28,613 Persons.
Adjacent boroughs and other suburbs .. .. 22,674
Total Auckland Borough and suburbs .. 51,287
Wellington Borough .. .. .. .. 31,021
Adjacent boroughs .. .. .. .. 3,169
Total Wellington Borough and suburbs .. 34,190
Christchurch Borough .. .. .. .. 16,923 Persons.
Adjacent boroughs and other suburbs .. .. 31,623
Total Christchurch Borough and suburbs .. 47,846
Dunedin Borough .. .. .. .. 22,376
Adjacent boroughs .. .. .. .. 23,493
Total Dunedin Borough and suburbs .. 45,869

The populations of the capital cities of Australia, including suburbs, as in April, 1891, were—

Melbourne .. .. .. 490,902 Persons.
Sydney .. .. .. 386,859
Adelaide .. .. .. 133,252
Brisbane .. .. .. 101,564
Hobart .. .. .. 34,028
Perth .. .. .. 9,617

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 Year 1892.

Classes. Causes of Death. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total. Proportions per Cent.
Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases .. 50 26 33 37 26 14 18 10 214 17·11
II. Parasitic Diseases .. 2 1 1 1 .. .. .. 1 6 0·48
III. Dietetic Diseases .. 7 4 2 1 4 3 1 4 26 2·08
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 7 54 17 71 5 35 8 79 276 22·06
V. Developmental Diseases 15 12 15 12 11 5 11 9 90 7·19
VI. Local Diseases .. 54 123 41 124 21 60 24 86 533 42·61
VII. Violence .. 1 15 5 27 1 6 5 8 68 5·43
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-speci- fied Causes .. 11 .. 16 2 5 1 2 1 38 3·04
Totals .. 147 235 130 275 73 124 69 198 1,251 100·00

Table showing the Number of Deaths of Persons of both Sexes from different Causes, registered in the under- mentioned Boroughs of the Colony during the Year 1892, specifying Classes, Orders, and Diseases.

Class. Causes of Death. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total.
Orders, Diseases, &c. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Order 1.—Miasmatic.
Chicken-pox .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1
Influenza .. .. .. 3 10 .. 5 2 7 2 5
Whooping-cough .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 4 1 1 ..
Diphtheria .. .. .. 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1
Simple and Ill-defined Fever .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Typhoid Fever .. .. .. .. 9 .. 25 .. 2 .. 2
Total Order 1 .. .. 6 22 4 31 9 11 5 8 96
Order 2.—Diarrhœal.
Cholera Infantum .. .. 6 .. .. .. 3 .. 2 ..
Diarrhœa .. .. .. 36 1 26 3 13 1 11 ..
Dysentery .. .. .. 1 .. 2 .. .. .. .. 1
Total Order 2 .. .. 43 1 28 3 16 1 13 1 106


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🏥 Vital Statistics of Principal Boroughs

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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, 1892, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
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🏥 Vital Statistics of Principal Boroughs (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, 1892, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
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🏥 Causes of Death in Principal Boroughs (continued from previous page)

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Causes of Death, Mortality, 1892, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
  • Registrar-General