New Zealand Gazette – 1895 – No. 12

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✨ Vital Statistics



Feb. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 313

Vital Statistics, January, 1895.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of January, 1895:—

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, 1895.

BOROUGHS. Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, Census, April, 1891. Estimated Population of Boroughs, 1st January, 1895. Total Births in Boroughs. Deaths in Boroughs Registered in January, 1895. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1895. 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.
Auckland .. 51,287 31,349 89 3 1 15
Birkenhead .. 649 2 .. .. ..
Devonport .. 2,559 6 .. .. 1
Newmarket .. 1,723 4 1 .. 1
Newton .. 2,265 2 .. .. ..
Parnell .. 4,000 5 .. .. 2
Other suburbs .. * .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs .. 42,545 108 4 1 19
Wellington .. 34,190 35,013 89 20 .. 15
Karori .. 3,285 2 .. .. ..
Melrose .. 8 .. .. ..
Onslow .. 4 .. .. ..
Totals Wellington and suburbs .. 38,298 103 20 .. 15
Christchurch .. 47,846 17,523 38 3 .. 6
Linwood .. 5,955 19 1 .. 2
St. Albans .. 5,441 17 1 .. 2
Sydenham .. 10,583 23 6 .. 1
Woolston .. 2,088 3 .. .. 2
Other suburbs .. * .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs .. 41,590 100 11 .. 13
Dunedin .. 45,981 23,828 51 2 .. 5
Caversham .. 4,767 14 1 .. 4
Maori Hill .. 1,453 2 .. .. 1
Mornington .. 3,844 9 .. .. 4
North-east Valley .. 3,425 10 1 .. 2
Roslyn .. 4,018 12 .. .. 1
St. Kilda .. 1,197 3 .. .. ..
South Dunedin .. 4,559 10 .. 1 ..
West Harbour .. 1,385 .. .. .. ..
Totals Dunedin and suburbs .. 48,476 111 4 1 17
  • 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 422, against 295 in December, an increase of 127. The deaths in January were 193, an increase of 58 on the number in December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 105; females, 88. Eighty-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 44·56 per cent. of the whole number; 79 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 27 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Two men of 77 and 79, and one woman of 68, died at Auckland; three men of 66, 69, and 74, and four women of 73, 76, 81, and 87, at Wellington; five men of 74, 76 (two), 84, and 90, and one woman of 65, at Christchurch; nine men of 65, 68, 70, 72, 74 (two), 75, 78, and 92, and two women of 66 and 73, 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 January, 1895.

CLASSES. 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.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 11 1 10 3 7 2
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases 2 2 1 .. 1 ..
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 5 4 7 1 8
V. Developmental Diseases 4 .. 1 2 2 2
VI. Local Diseases 6 15 19 10 5 7
VII. Violence .. 5 .. 4 .. 2
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 .. 1 .. 1 ..
Totals 24 28 36 26 17 21


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14 February 1895
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, Proportions
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