New Zealand Gazette – 1893 – No. 62

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



Aug. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1233

Vital Statistics, July, 1893.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of July, 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 July, 1893.

BOROUGHS. Population of Principal Boroughs, with their Suburbs, Census, April, 1891. ESTIMATED POPULATION OF BOROUGHS, 1ST JANUARY, 1893. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1893. Total Deaths Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1893. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1892.
Males.
Under 1 Year. 1& under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Females.
Under 1 Year.
Auckland 51,287 31,268 81 2 4 14 2
Wellington 34,190 33,786 72 5 3 12 ..
Christchurch 47,846 16,704 27 5 2 7 ..
Dunedin 45,869 23,302 43 7 .. 13 3
Thames .. 5,196 5 3 .. 4 2
New Plymouth .. 3,312 21 2 1 1 1
Napier .. 8,806 25 1 .. 5 ..
Wanganui .. 5,081 14 .. .. 2 1
Palmerston North .. 5,793 16 .. .. .. 1
Blenheim .. 3,262 8 .. .. 2 ..
Nelson .. 6,677 9 .. 1 2 ..
Greymouth .. 3,741 7 2 .. 2 ..
Hokitika .. 2,169 6 .. .. 4 ..
Lyttelton .. 3,966 21 .. 2 2 3
Sydenham .. 10,310 25 5 3 7 2
Timaru .. 3,374 9 2 3 .. ..
Oamaru .. 5,500 16 1 2 1 ..
Caversham .. 4,887 11 1 .. 7 3
Invercargill 8,551 5,320 17 1 .. 2 1
Totals .. .. 433 37 21 87 19

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 433, against 435 in June, a decrease of 2. The deaths in July were 256, an increase of 5 on the number in June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 145; females, 111. One hundred and ten of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 42·97 per cent. of the whole number; 56 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, 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 4 .. 11 6 .. .. 2 3 33 26·61
II. Parasitic Diseases 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 0·81
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 0·81
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 4 .. 5 1 .. .. 5 15 12·10
V. Developmental Diseases .. 3 1 1 1 .. 1 .. 7 5·64
VI. Local Diseases 4 11 3 15 2 6 11 10 62 50·00
VII. Violence .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 2 4 3·22
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 0·81
Totals 9 20 15 28 9 9 14 20 124 100·00

CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Measles .. .. .. 4 .. 9 4 4 .. 2 2 25
Rubeola .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
Influenza .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1

ORDER 2:—
Diarrhoeal,—
Dysentery .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2

ORDER 6:—
Septic,—
Septicaemia .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 2
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