New Zealand Gazette – 1895 – No. 90

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✨ Vital Statistics



Dec. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1915

Vital Statistics, November, 1895.

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

Males.
Under 1 Year.
1 & under 5 Years.
5 Years and over.

Females.
Under 1 Year.
1 & under 5 Years.
5 Years and over.

Total Deaths.

Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, November, 1895.

Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1894.

Auckland ..
Birkenhead ..
Devonport ..
Newmarket ..
Newton ..
Parnell ..
Other suburbs ..

Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs

Wellington ..
Karori ..
Melrose ..
Onslow ..

Totals Wellington and suburbs

Christchurch ..
Linwood ..
St. Albans ..
Sydenham ..
Woolston ..
Other suburbs ..

Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs

Dunedin ..
Caversham ..
Maori Hill ..
Mornington ..
North-east Valley ..
Roslyn ..
St. Kilda ..
South Dunedin ..
West Harbour ..

Totals Dunedin and suburbs

  • 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 have been omitted, except where deceased had previously resided in one or other of the above boroughs, in which case the death is counted against the borough of residence.

The total births in the above boroughs amounted to 325, against 391 in October, a decrease of 66. The deaths in November were 126, a decrease of 33 on the number in October. Of the total deaths, males contributed 66, females 60. Thirty-five of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 26·98 per cent. of the whole number; 20 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 23 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Five men of 69 (two), 72, 74, 92, and one woman of 68, died at Auckland; two men of 70 and 81, and two women of 81 and 94, at Wellington; three men of 65, 68, 70, and two women of 79 and 82, at Christchurch; five men of 66, 67, 68, 69, 72, and three women of 65, 66, 78, 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 November, 1895.

CLASSES.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.
Under 5 Years.
5 Years & over.

WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.
Under 5 Years.
5 Years & over.

CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.
Under 5 Years.
5 Years & over.

DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.
Under 5 Years.
5 Years & over.

TOTAL.

PROPORTIONS PER CENT.

I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases
II. Parasitic Diseases
III. Dietetic Diseases
IV. Constitutional Diseases
V. Developmental Diseases
VI. Local Diseases
VII. Violence
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes

Totals



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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Population, Boroughs, 1895
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