New Zealand Gazette – 1895 – No. 42

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✨ Vital Statistics

June 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 955

Vital Statistics, May, 1895.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of May, 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 May, 1895.

Boroughs.	Estimated Population, 1st January, 1895.	Total Births in Boroughs	Deaths in Boroughs Registered in May, 1895.
			Males.			Females.			Total Deaths	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, May, 1895.	Proportion of Deaths to the 100 of Population in the Year 1894.
			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 ..	31,456	89	5	1	10	5	..	11	32	1.02	15.41
Birkenhead ..	663	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	22.86
Devonport ..	2,818	3	..	..	4	..	..	..	4	1.42	10.87
Newmarket ..	1,606	4	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0.62	10.82
Newton ..	2,394	1	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	1.25	6.01
Parnell ..	3,781	4	1	..	3	1	..	1	6	1.59	10.54
Other suburbs ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	42,718	102	6	1	18	7	..	14	46	1.08	14.11
Wellington ..	35,068	82	3	2	16	2	2	11	36	1.03	11.82
Karori ..	875	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3.61
Melrose ..	1,561	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8.76
Onslow ..	1,206	4	1	..	..	..	..	1	0.83	8.72
Totals Wellington and suburbs	38,710	94	4	2	16	2	2	11	37	0.96	11.43
Christchurch ..	17,545	26	3	..	14	..	1	8	26	1.48	10.55
Linwood ..	6,026	15	..	..	2	1	..	1	4	0.66	10.02
St. Albans ..	5,750	10	..	..	3	..	..	1	4	0.70	9.62
Sydenham ..	10,630	23	..	..	3	..	..	5	8	0.75	10.47
Woolston ..	2,260	7	1	..	..	..	..	1	0.44	7.82
Other suburbs ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	42,211	81	4	..	22	1	1	15	43	1.02	10.19
Dunedin ..	23,787	43	2	1	8	3	..	9	23	0.97	11.38
Caversham ..	4,825	5	..	..	7	1	..	..	8	1.66	14.18
Maori Hill ..	1,463	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8.23
Mornington ..	3,937	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0.51	8.48
North-east Valley ..	3,621	6	..	..	1	1	..	1	3	0.83	9.08
Roslyn ..	4,013	7	..	..	1	..	..	3	4	1.00	5.98
St. Kilda ..	1,241	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6.56
South Dunedin ..	4,662	19	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8.89
West Harbour ..	1,442	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4.95
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	48,991	88	2	1	18	5	..	14	40	0.82	10.18

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 365, against 336 in April, an increase of 29. The deaths in May were 166, an increase of 1 on the number in April. Of the total deaths, males contributed 94; females, 72. Thirty-eight of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 22.89 per cent. of the whole number; 31 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 27 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Four men of 66, 74, 76, and 77, and three women of 71, 72, and 94, died at Auckland; two men of 74 and 86, and two women of 75 and 76, at Wellington; six men of 68, 72, 73, 77 (two), and 79, and one woman of 72, at Christchurch; five men of 71, 73, 80, 82, and 92, and four women of 66, 72, 76, and 85, 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 May, 1895.

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	2	4	..	4	2	1	1	1	15	9.04
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0.60
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	1.20
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	12	..	6	..	10	..	12	42	25.30
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	..	2	1	1	1	3	..	7	4.22
VI.	Local Diseases	5	15	4	12	2	24	2	15	79	47.60
VII.	Violence	1	1	1	4	..	1	..	2	10	6.02
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	5	..	3	..	..	..	2	..	10	6.02
	Totals	14	32	10	27	6	37	8	32	166	100.00