The Colony of Victoria, 1861
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STATISTICS, ,OF .;V.ICTORIA, 1.861.-VITAL S'rATISTICS, ETC. 301 ~ ',,_ • A. ~*.~ "._"' .......," ';' ~ . STATISTICS. OF VICTORIA, 1361. VITAL STATISTICS, ETC. PROPORTION OF DEATHS TO THE LIVING POPULATION. RETURN of the Mean PopUlation of Males and Females living in Victoria during the Year 1861, the Number of Deaths of either Sex, and the Number of Deaths to every Thousand living. ( Number of Deaths to every Thousand Sexes. Mean Population. Number of Deaths. of the Population. " Ma.les ... ... ... 325,530 6,124 18'81 Females ... ... ... 215,495 4,39.8 20'41 ~- , ( 19'45 Total '" ... 541,025 10,522 WILLIAM HENRY ARCHER, Registra.r-General. DEATHS IN EACH MONTH. RETURN of Deaths of Persons of both Sexes under and over five years of age, registered in Victoria' during each Month of the Year 1861. Both Sexes. Males. Fe_les. Month. -- Under Five' Over Five Under Five! Over Five Over Five Years. Years. TotaL , Years. , Years. Total. ~ 'Yam: Year•. TotaJ. , ___ i ___' ___ , --- --- ~,-- --- January ... ... ... 789 396 1,185 404 261 665 385 135 520 February ... ... ... 619 345 964 316 212 528 303 133 436 March ... ... ... .. , 706 457 1,163 364 322 686 342 135. 477 April ... ... ... .. 652 419 1,071 338 267 605 314 152 466 May ... ... ... ,., 505 400 905 261 247 508 244 153 397 June ... ... ... ... 424 392 816 211 264 475 213 128 341 July ... ... ... ... 386 A03 789 206 .. 271 477 180 132 312. August ... ... ... 360 406 766 197 278 475 163 128 291 September , .. .. ' ... 320 370 690 199 .. 243 442 121 127 248 October ... ... .. , .. , 356 357 713 180 239 419 176 lIS 294 November ... ... , .. 335 290 625 176 180 356 159 llO 269· December , .. ' .. .., 491 344 835 263 225 488 228 119 347 ----,-- Total ... ... 5,943 4,579 10,522 3,115 3,009 6,124 2,828 1,570 4,398 -~-- .. ~~-- ------1---- - .. -- Monthly Avera.ge for the Year ... 495'25 381'58 876'83 259'58 .. 250'75 510'33 235'67 130'83 366'50 ~ .. - ' .. ~~ ~-,- --- --- Daily Average for the Year _ ... 16'28 12'54 28'82 8'53 8'24 16'77 7'75 4'30 12'05 WILLIAM HENRY ARCHER, Registrar~General. No.9, 4 f. VICTORIA.-CAUSES OF DEATH. ~ ~. RETURN of the Causes of Death in Victoria during each Month of the Year 186], specifying Classes, Orders, and Diseases. I I 1-, ,----; 1 , "" I I I I ! [j) 1il t I Pr?portions ~ k • '...:; f .,c .s::<..c, percent. Classes, Orders, Diseases. II ~ '" I d I, I' , I i!l I a 1 sis Totalfor of each Class ~ .ll jl ';; ;;;. ~ .. GO.!l ~ ~ 1 the Yea.r, to the 00 .:;' ~ ~ 11!l' ~ I .:; 'I ~ I !l I ~ i ~ 1 ~ Total speci:lied, 1 ~ ------1-':-1-- -1--.-- ~ Measles 37 25 I 20 'I 38 33! 36 , 27 I 16 I 8 I 7 3 I 2 ' 252 00 93 82 1119 -109 101 82, 88 4!1 " 31 ,31 29 871 1-3, Sca.riatina I, I I 57 [' I H. , Diphtheria, 21 32' 54,'! 65 56' 47 41 46 1 43 35 32 38 I 510 o Quinsy 724'84,24511'31546 00 Croup 16 7 12 21 19 I 13 17 14 16 11 12 8 166 o Hooping Cough ... 17 19 113 I 16 18··1 14 24 I 26 I 14 I 20 16 lq' 210 ~ , I Typhus and Infantile Fever 36 34 1 87 I 40 31 I 25 22 , 18 I 18 1 13 6 21 301 3 1) 4 I 2 2 1 3 2 4 2, 4 3 I 2 36 Order 1. Erysipelas i ;:1' Mj.asmatic Diseases, Metria 3341561832121281'344 0' " Influenza .. ; 3 2 I 3 I 2 5 I 2 4 1 6 'I 3 5 3 38 ,g Dysentery ", I 96 54 99 69 38 I 18 23 17 I 15 (; 20 II 57 ! 512 Diarrhroa 128 84 1 106 I 72 24 15 10 I 4 15 I 15 17 56 I 546 ~, Oholera 11 11, 3 3 ,1 1 I 8 I·.. 1 35 jl>. Rheumatism 4 2 I· 2 1 2 I 3 5 6 II 1 2 3) 2 I 33 Remittent Fever ...... Smallpo][ 00 O'l...... Carbunele ". .:~ I ::: 1 ::~ ,,~: ::~ ::~ I ::: II "i I ..~ II ::~ I J! ~, Ague ... "'1'" ... "'1'" "'1'" 11 .. · ... 1"'1 II, '"i!;] 1 cI< Total, Order 1 475 363 j 480 453 341 I 269 269 214 i 200 ,154 153 1 243 I ..... ,ll! 'j ~ 1-3" .~~ ~' '" , Order 2. Syphilis t"1 Enthetic Diseases Stricture of Urethra I .:. , .. 1 .. 6·~"'''' ". { .. ~ i ~ I .. : ! "i I ,,~ ~ iii .. ~ .. ~ I ~ '. 2~ 00 s Glanders .. : 1-3, ~ ~ Total, Order 2 ::: i ""; ""; I ""; I : I ""; i ""; I ""; ! . ""; I ,; I"; "~.."; I"; ~ 00 1-3' (\ Privation ... 1 2 2 1 I I I I ... II 6 1 2 I 1 I 1 ... ... I 2 I 18 ..... , Order 3, J Delirium Tremens .. , 'I 9 1 1 4 1 2 1 3 1 "I 4, 1 2 2 2 36 0, Dietic Diseases 1 Want of Breast Milk '" ... 4 2 2 4 I 5 1 I 1 I... 4 4 I 8 35 s.n 1 Purpura and Scurvy ... ... I ... ,I 1 1 I 2 , ... -I I 1 3 ill I 3 I 14 1 Intemperance t>i 1 I'" "'1 112 213 1 1 1 ... l ... II ... 11 1-3 '-11- j--4-1--7- I Total, Order 3 --7-1--9-1--8---1-1-1-1-5-1--.01--9- --.0 ~ D:4 P --3- --6-'1--2- -; --2- --.•-.- 31 Order 4. 1-:- --2-1--4-1--~-1--2-:--2- Parasitic Diseases Thrush { I Worms I 2 ... I I I... ... I ." i 2 1 1 I I I 2 I 10 Total, Order 4 I 7 3 I 7 -i 2 2 -I '4 I 3 I 3 i 3 I 4 _ 3 41 Total Class I. ! 494 376 I 498 1 465 355 I 289 I 288 I 227 I 210 1 166 167 261 3,796 l ,-----------------,-,-- 1 I Iii 1 I I )1' I I /. 1 Gout ... 1 1 1 ....... / ••• 1 ... , ••• 1 ... 1 ... ,., '"!''' ~t' Order 1. II' Diathetic Diseases Dropsy 5 1 9 i 10 1 6 14 I 4 I 12 1 12 I 5 1 2 II 6 '.1 9 I 94, ~ ... Cancer 13 I 10 I 13 I 8 7 I 6 1 6 I 4 7 4· 10 I 14 I 102) .~ Mortification __1_. __2_/_,,_, ___ 3 ___ 2_1 __4_1_"_' .1_"_'_1 __1 ___"_' _1 __1_1_,._, ___ 1_4_ ...,>-fA .... 1 ..,0'".,~ 01 Total, Order 1 0'';:: ~ ---==-I---==-I~I---==-I~ 1~1~:_13_ ,-~:-I~I~I~! .E Scrofula 2 3 1 3 I 6 3 1 4 1 1 1 2 \ 4 6 1 1 1 4 1 39 I ~ Order 2. 15 24, 18 15 11 i 4 I 2 I 2 2 7.1 3 I 13 I 116 Tubercular Diseases Tabes Mesenteries. '" Phthisis 7I 62 II 65 I 51 67 I 58 /1 81 /1 64 I 56 60 I 53 1 65) 753 I ~ ~ Hydrocephalus 29 I 24 1 29 I 18 20 i 18 ! 15 1 21 I 5,. 6 15 I .24 I 224 I ~ 1 ----1--1--1--1-.--1--1--.-1--1-,--',--,1--1--- ' . 00 _Total, Order 2 .. , '~\~.I~~~-t-~~i~I~I~I~ ...2:....L:~~J 1,13~1 __ o~ Total Glass II. 00 .!':~J~I~~~I~I~II~I~I~I~I~I~:~J_I~3_ o 1 1 I I 1 I ill ~ Cephalitis 14 I 6 I 11 10 9 I 8 I 7 I 7 : 10 I II 12: II 1 116 1 Apoplexy 16 1 8 13 19 8 I 6 I' 9 1 15 1 8 I 10 6 I 14 I 132 I j Paralysis 2 I 6 I 3 5 6 1 5 4 I 4 I 6 I 4 4 I 4 53 I o Order 1. Insanity Diseases of the Nervous System 3 1 111 "'111'''1'''12 ... 1 ... 10 >-3 Chorea. ... 111 ... 21"'1"'121,.. 1,.,1 ... 1,,, 51 o Epilepsy t;d 21,,,\ ... 1 41311 11511 3; 21231 I-f Convulsions 56 I 43 34 49 I 36 ! 46 I 34 1 32 I 29 42 25 I 41 I 467 I Brain Disease, &e. Jl> ~I~!~ ~~I~~I--=:"'~I-~~I~:~I I--' ~l'otal, Order 1 ~i~I~~~I~i~I~III~~I~~ll'098 I ~ Order 2. { ! Pericarditis 21'''111251121152111111231 Diseases of the Organs of Circulation Aneurism 4 I 2 3 11 ... 6 6 2 4 3 I 3 10 54 I b . Heart Disease, &c. 18 1 17 I 28 31 I 21 38 I 30 I 34 I 19 30 I 20 I 25 1 311 ~ Total, Order 2 ----;;-1-1-9- -;- -;-1--;;- -;-1381~11-;;-1""'"M ----;;-:~II---;;- ~ 1 s; ----1 --)------1----\--1--1-- 1 --- :s Laryngitis (j0l1 Bronchitis 1: I 1: I : I 2; 1 I I 2i I II ! 3i i ~ <>1 Order 3, r 2~ 2~ 2~ 3~ 2~ ! 2~ 2*~ Pleurisy 3 I 6 I 2 6 3· 3 I 2 1 7 2 1 4 I 5 i 49 -Sl Diseases of the Organs of Respiration 6'1 ~ l Pneumonia 42 I 25, 'I 33 18 i 33 37 I 30 I 44 45 ,)1 49 ! 27 II' 30 I 413 00 A~thma ... 1 1 Iii .. ' ... I 3 ! 2 j 2 1 I ", 3 1 14 6 7 Lung Disease, &c. _6~1_3 -t~ _3__ 3 ___6 ___ 4_I_t _1 _ _ _ _1_3_1_2 _1---':: g 1 S/:l Total, Order 3 1 ~_II~_i~_~_ ~- ~-I~-II~-II~-l~j~-I~J~ h':l I I I I I I : I ¢ Gastritis 10 I 14 I 8 6 4 6 I 4 I 1 " 1 I 4 I 5 4.! 67 Enteritis 19 I 20 i 13 21 I 10 4 II 9 I 8 ' 6 1 9 I 7 14 140 Peritonitis Order 4, 7 I 4 1 3 4 'I 4 7· 6 I 6 ~ I 4.