New Zealand Gazette – 1893 – No. 69

Page 1357

✨ Vital Statistics

Sept. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1357

Vital Statistics, August, 1893.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of August, 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 August, 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 August, 1893.
				Males.			Females.
				Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Total Deaths	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 1893.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1892
Auckland ..	..	51,287	31,268	83	7	1	16	3	1	9	37	1·18	12·52
Wellington ..	..	34,190	33,786	103	10	11	15	1	3	14	54	1·60	12·27
Christchurch ..	..	47,846	16,704	35	5	6	6	3	3	6	29	1·74	11·89
Dunedin ..	..	45,869	23,302	32	2	1	8	3	..	7	21	0·90	11·59
Thames ..	..	..	5,196	13	..	..	2	1	1	1	5	0·96	12·52
New Plymouth ..	..	..	3,312	7	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0·91	12·95
Napier ..	..	..	8,806	24	2	..	3	..	1	5	11	1·25	15·80
Wanganui ..	..	..	5,081	9	2	2	2	1	..	3	10	1·97	12·25
Palmerston North ..	..	..	5,793	12	..	1	3	2	..	1	7	1·21	12·48
Blenheim ..	..	..	3,262	11	1	1	2	..	..	1	5	1·53	11·92
Nelson ..	..	..	6,677	14	1	..	1	..	3	..	5	0·75	16·36
Greymouth ..	..	..	3,741	4	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·27	7·99
Hokitika ..	..	..	2,169	4	..	..	4	..	..	..	4	1·84	8·75
Lyttelton ..	..	..	3,966	18	5	1	1	1	3	1	12	3·03	9·25
Sydenham ..	..	..	10,310	26	3	3	2	4	1	5	18	1·75	12·73
Timaru ..	..	..	3,374	11	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	0·59	12·43
Oamaru ..	..	..	5,500	19	3	..	4	4	1	2	14	2·55	9·76
Caversham ..	..	..	4,887	11	2	..	1	1	..	1	5	1·02	14·49
Invercargill ..	..	8,551	5,320	20	1	..	1	1	..	3	6	1·13	10·74
Totals ..	..	..	456	45	27	75	25	17	60	249	..	..

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 456, against 433 in July, an increase of 23. The deaths in August were 249, a decrease of 7 on the number in July. Of the total deaths, males contributed 147; females, 102. One hundred and fourteen of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 45·78 per cent. of the whole number; 70 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 August, 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	2	3	15	2	9	2	..	..	33	23·40
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	2	1·42
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	1·42
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	6	2	8	..	3	1	8	29	20·57
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	2	..	1	1	1	..	..	6	4·26
VI.	Local Diseases ..	6	12	8	15	6	4	3	5	59	41·84
VII.	Violence ..	..	2	..	2	..	1	..	1	6	4·26
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	..	..	..	1	..	2	..	4	2·83
	Totals ..	12	25	25	29	17	12	6	15	141	100·00

Class I.—Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.

Order 1:—
Miasmatic,——
Measles .. .. .. 1 .. 13 1 9 2 .. .. 26
Whooping-cough .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
Diphtheria .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
Typhoid .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
Order 2:—
Diarrheal,——
Diarrhoea .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1
Order 5:—
Venereal,——
Syphilis.. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1

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