New Zealand Gazette – 1894 – No. 73

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✨ Vital Statistics

Oct. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1537

Vital Statistics, September, 1894.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of September, 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 September, 1894.

BOROUGHS.	Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs Census, April, 1891.	ESTIMATED POPULATION OF BOROUGHS, 1ST JANUARY, 1894.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1894.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 1894.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1893.
				Males.			Females.			Total Deaths.
				Under 1 Year.	1&under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1&under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.
Auckland ..		31,349	77	2	1	14	4	2	12	35	1·12	12·90
Birkenhead ..		649	3	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	3·08	..
Devonport ..		2,559	7	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·78	..
Newmarket ..		1,723	7	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	1·16	..
Newton ..		2,265	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Parnell ..		4,000	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·25	..
Other suburbs ..		*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	..	42,545	98	2	1	19	5	2	13	42	0·99	..
Wellington ..		35,013	64	..	..	11	..	..	17	28	0·80	13·43
Karori ..		3,285	{ ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Melrose ..			{ 5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0·61	..
Onslow ..			{ 4	..	..	..	1	1	..	2	..	..
Totals Wellington and suburbs	..	38,298	73	..	..	11	1	1	17	30	0·78	..
Christchurch ..		17,523	31	..	..	3	3	..	7	13	0·74	12·80
Linwood ..		5,955	7	2	1	2	4	..	1	10	1·68	..
St. Albans ..		5,441	13	1	1	1	..	..	2	5	0·92	..
Sydenham ..		10,583	23	3	..	4	..	1	3	11	1·04	10·35
Woolston ..		2,088	3	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	1·44	..
Other suburbs ..		*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	..	41,590	77	6	2	12	7	1	14	42	1·01	..
Dunedin ..		23,828	38	3	1	6	3	..	12	25	1·05	12·26
Caversham ..		4,767	7	..	..	6	..	..	2	8	1·68	15·54
Maori Hill ..		1,453	5	..	1	..	..	..	2	3	2·05	..
Mornington ..		3,844	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North-east Valley ..		3,425	5	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·29	..
Roslyn ..		4,018	4	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	0·50	..
St. Kilda ..		1,197	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Dunedin ..		4,559	7	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·22	..
West Harbour ..		1,385	3	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·72	..
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	..	48,476	73	3	3	14	3	..	18	41	0·85	..

*The remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics.

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 321, against 372 in August, a decrease of 51. The deaths in September were 155, a decrease of 46 on the number in August. Of the total deaths, males contributed 73; females, 82. Thirty-seven of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 23·87 per cent. of the whole number: 27 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 34 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: seven men of 66, 70, 72, 74, 81, 83, and 84, and three women of 77, 78, and 92, died at Auckland; two men of 78 and 84, and four women of 69, 72, 76, and 83, at Wellington; four men of 66, 68, 78, and 79, and two women of 69 and 84, at Christchurch; seven men of 65 (two), 66, 69, 76, 77, and 87, and five women of 71, 73, 74, 78, and 80, at Dunedin.

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 above given registered during the Month of September, 1894.

Class.	CAUSES OF DEATH.	AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.		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	3	4	1	1	5	..	2	2	18	11·61
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	10	..	6	..	5	1	10	33	21·29
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	3	..	1	1	2	2	1	10	6·45
VI.	Local Diseases ..	2	13	1	19	7	18	3	18	81	52·26
VII.	Violence ..	..	1	..	1	1	1	..	1	5	3·23
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	4	1	..	..	2	..	1	..	8	5·16
	Totals ..	10	32	2	28	16	26	9	32	155	100·00