New Zealand Gazette – 1894 – No. 14

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14]

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Principal Boroughs of New Zealand during the Year 1893.

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Births and Deaths to Population, in the Boroughs of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, during the Year 1893.

| Boroughs. | Mean Population of Boroughs, 1893, excluding Suburbs.* | Births registered in 1893. | Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Mean Population. | Deaths registered in 1893. | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | Males. | | | Females. | | | Total Deaths. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population. |
| | | | | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | Under 1 Year. | 1 and under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | | |
| Auckland .. | 31,308 | 870 | 27.79 | 59 | 34 | 143 | 51 | 18 | 99 | 404 | 12.90 |
| Wellington | 34,400 | 971 | 28.23 | 72 | 26 | 169 | 47 | 24 | 124 | 462 | 13.43 |
| Christchurch | 17,113 | 344 | 20.10 | 45 | 15 | 70 | 19 | 9 | 61 | 219 | 12.80 |
| Dunedin .. | 23,565 | 484 | 20.54 | 27 | 16 | 126 | 27 | 18 | 75 | 289 | 12.26 |
| Totals .. | .. | 2,669 | 25.09 (mean) | 203 | 91 | 508 | 144 | 69 | 359 | 1,374 | 12.92 (mean) |

  • The populations of the four principal boroughs and their suburbs in April, 1891, were as follows :—

Persons.
Auckland Borough .. .. .. 28,613
Adjacent boroughs and other suburbs .. .. 22,674
Total Auckland Borough and suburbs .. 51,287

Wellington Borough .. .. .. 31,021
Adjacent boroughs .. .. .. 3,169
Total Wellington Borough and suburbs .. 34,190

Persons.
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 following Table shows the Causes of the Deaths of Persons of both Sexes under Five Years of Age and Five 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 Year 1893.

Class. Causes of Death. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total. Proportions per Cent.
Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases .. 57 20 59 31 27 14 34 14 256 18.63
II. Parasitic Diseases .. 3 2 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 6 0.44
III. Dietetic Diseases .. 5 3 1 4 2 3 .. 3 21 1.53
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 6 59 21 79 3 29 6 66 269 19.58
V. Developmental Diseases 10 20 11 9 10 5 7 7 79 5.75
VI. Local Diseases .. 56 118 55 153 29 67 33 97 608 44.25
VII. Violence .. 4 17 2 15 2 11 2 14 67 4.87
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-speci- fied Causes .. 21 3 20 1 15 2 6 .. 68 4.95
Totals .. 162 242 169 293 88 131 88 201 1,374 100.00

TABLE showing the Number of Deaths of Persons of both Sexes from different Causes, registered in the under-mentioned Boroughs of the Colony during the Year 1893, specifying Classes, Orders, and Diseases.

Class. Causes of Death. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total.
Orders, Diseases, &c. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
I.—SPECIFIC FEBRILE OR ZYMOTIC DISEASES. ORDER 1.—Miasmatic.
Measles .. .. 36 5 29 6 17 2 21 3 119
Rubeola .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1
Scarlatina .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Influenza .. .. 1 2 1 2 3 1 6 16
Whooping-cough .. .. .. 7 .. 2 1 3 .. 13
Diphtheria .. 1 4 1 4 .. 3 1 .. 14
Typhoid Fever .. .. 1 5 1 11 .. 4 .. 2 24
Total Order 1 .. .. 39 15 41 22 21 13 26 11 188
ORDER 2.—Diarrhoeal.
Simple Cholera· .. 2 2 3 .. 1 .. .. .. 8
Diarrhoea .. 14 .. 12 1 5 1 7 .. 40
Dysentery .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 3
Total Order 2 .. .. 16 3 15 2 6 1 7 1 51


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