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306 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 14
Vital Statistics, January, 1894.
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of January, 1894.
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 January, 1894.
Boroughs.
Population of Principal Boroughs, with their Suburbs, as at 31st December, 1893.
Estimated Population of Boroughs, 1st January, 1894.
Total Births in Boroughs.
Deaths in Boroughs registered in January, 1894.
Males.
Under 1 Year.
1 and under 5 Years.
5 Years and over.
Females.
Under 1 Year.
1 and under 5 Years.
5 Years and over.
Total Deaths.
Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1894.
Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1893.
Auckland
Wellington
Christchurch
Dunedin
Thames
New Plymouth
Napier
Wanganui
Palmerston North
Blenheim
Nelson
Greymouth
Hokitika
Lyttelton
Sydenham
Timaru
Oamaru
Caversham
Invercargill
Totals
- Population, January, 1893.
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 463, against 383 in December, an increase of 80. The deaths in January were 209, an increase of 43 on the number in December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 113; females, 96. Sixty-nine of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 33·01 per cent. of the whole number; 58 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 January, 1894.
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
II. Parasitic Diseases
III. Dietetic Diseases
IV. Constitutional Diseases
V. Developmental Diseases
VI. Local Diseases
VII. Violence
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes
Totals
CLASS I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1:—
Miasmatic,—
Influenza
Whooping-cough
Typhoid fever ..
ORDER 2:—
Diarrhœal,—
Cholera Infantum
Diarrhœa
Dysentery
ORDER 3:—
Malarial,—
Malaria ..
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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, Mortality
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