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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19
Vital Statistics, February, 1893.
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month
of February, 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 February, 1893.
| BOROUGHS (For population of principal boroughs, including suburbs, see note*.) | ESTIMATED POPULATION, 1ST JANUARY, 1893. | TOTAL BIRTHS. | DEATHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1893. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1893. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1892. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||||
| Auckland* | 31,268 | 54 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 1.02 | 12.52 |
| Wellington* | 33,786 | 81 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | .. | 15 | 43 | 1.27 | 12.27 |
| Christchurch* | 16,704 | 30 | 2 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 5 | 13 | 0.78 | 11.89 |
| Dunedin* | 23,302 | 52 | 2 | .. | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 0.86 | 11.59 |
| Thames | 5,196 | 15 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 0.77 | 12.52 |
| New Plymouth | 3,312 | 23 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 0.90 | 12.95 |
| Napier | 8,806 | 29 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1.02 | 15.80 |
| Wanganui | 5,081 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 12.25 |
| Palmerston North | 5,793 | 25 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 1.04 | 12.48 |
| Blenheim | 3,262 | 9 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 9 | 2.76 | 11.92 |
| Nelson | 6,677 | 15 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0.30 | 16.36 |
| Sydenham | 10,310 | 22 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 0.58 | 12.73 |
| Lyttelton | 3,966 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0.50 | 9.25 |
| Timaru | 3,374 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 0.59 | 12.43 |
| Oamaru | 5,500 | 13 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 0.73 | 9.76 |
| Greymouth | 3,741 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1.07 | 7.99 |
| Hokitika | 2,169 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1.38 | 8.75 |
| Caversham | 4,887 | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 0.41 | 14.49 |
| Invercargill* | 5,320 | 12 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 0.56 | 10.74 |
| Totals | .. | 435 | 30 | 7 | 55 | 18 | 3 | 55 | 168 | .. | .. |
Deaths, occurring at hospitals, of persons not residents of the borough wherein the hospital is situated have been
allotted in each case to the borough where the disease was contracted, and not to that in which the death actually took
place.
The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 435, against 476 in January, a decrease of 41. The deaths in
February were 168, a decrease of 49 on the number in January. Of the total deaths, males contributed 92; females, 76.
Fifty-eight of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 34.52 per cent. of the whole number; 48 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 con-
sideration 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 1891 were as follows:—
Auckland Borough ... 28,613
Adjacent boroughs and road districts ... 22,674
Total Auckland Borough and suburbs ... 51,287
Wellington Borough ... 31,021
Suburbs ... 3,169
Total Wellington Borough and suburbs ... 34,190
Christchurch Borough ... 16,223
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 population of Invercargill and suburbs at same date was—
Invercargill Borough ... 4,950
Adjacent boroughs ... 3,601
Total Invercargill Borough and suburbs ... 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 February, 1893.
| 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 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 15.74 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2.78 |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | .. | 6 | 1 | 8 | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 23.15 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 4.63 |
| VI. | Local Diseases | 4 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 44.44 |
| VII. | Violence | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2.78 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 7.41 |
| Totals | 13 | 19 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 108 | 100.00 |
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