New Zealand Gazette – 1893 – No. 97

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



[Dec. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1855

Vital Statistics, November, 1893.

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

Boroughs. Population of Principal Boroughs, ESTIMATED POPULATION OF BOROUGHS, 1ST JANUARY, 1893. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. Males. Females. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths
Auckland ... 51,287 31,268 65 5 14 3 2 6 30 0·96 12·52
Wellington ... 34,190 33,786 76 2 12 2 15 34 1·01 12·27
Christchurch ... 47,846 16,704 28 .. 1 7 2 3 13 0·78 11·89
Dunedin ... 45,869 23,302 36 1 1 11 4 .. 10 27 1·16 11·59
Thames ... .. 5,196 7 1 2 .. . 1 4 0·77 12·52
New Plymouth ... .. 3,312 8 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 3 0·90 12·95
Napier ... . 8,806 17 3 4 4 3 .. 6 20 2·27 15·80
Wanganui ... .. 5,081 14 .. 1 2 . 1 4 8 1·57 12·25
Palmerston North ... .. 5,793 10 .. .. 2 1 1 2 6 1·04 12·48
Blenheim ... .. 3,262 6 1 .. .. .. 1 1 3 0·92 11·92
Nelson ... .. 6,677 14 1 .. 4 .. .. 1 6 12 1·80
Greymouth ... .. 3,741 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7·99
Hokitika ... .. 2,169 9 1 .. 4 .. .. 1 6 2·77 8·75
Lyttelton ... .. 3,966 14 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 0·25 9·25
Sydenham ... .. 10,310 22 2 .. .. .. .. 5 7 0·68 12·73
Timaru ... .. 3,374 8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12·43
Oamaru ... .. 5,500 9 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·18 9·76
Caversham ... .. 4,887 10 1 .. 6 .. .. 4 11 2·25 14·49
Invercargill ... 8,551 5,320 8 .. .. 5 .. .. 2 7 1·32 10·74
Totals ... .. ... 361 19 8 74 13 10 69 193 .. ..

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 361, against 391 in October, a decrease of 30. The deaths in
November were 193, an increase of 27 on the number in October. Of the total deaths, males contributed 101; females, 92.
Fifty of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 25·91 per cent. of the whole number; 32 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 November, 1893.

CAUSES OF DEATH. AUCKLAND. WELLINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH. DUNEDIN. TOTAL. PROPORTIONS PER CENT
Under 5 Years & over. Under 5 Years & over. Under 5 Years & over. Under
Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 3 1 2 3 2 1
Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. ..
Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. 1 .. ..
Constitutional Diseases 2 9 .. 7 1 2
Developmental Diseases .. .. 1 1 .. 1
Local Diseases .. 3 9 2 14 ..
Violence .. .. 1 1 .. 1
Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 2 .. 1 .. .. ..
Totals .. 10 20 7 27 3

CLASS I.--SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

ORDER 1:

Miasmatic,

Measles

Scarlatina

Influenza

Whooping-cough

Diphtheria

Typhoid fever

ORDER 2:

Diarrhœal,

Diarrhœa

ORDER 5:

Venereal,

Syphilis..



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