New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 40

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

May 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 847

Vital Statistics, April, 1896.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of April, 1896:—

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 April, 1896.

BOROUGHS.	POPULATION, APRIL, 1896 (SUBJECT TO REVISION).	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, 1896.						Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1896.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1895.
			Males.			Females.
			Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 & under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Total Deaths.
Auckland ..	31,575	80	10	2	13	14	3	13	55	1·74
Birkenhead	690	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1·45
Devonport	3,016	5	..	..	..	2	..	..	2	0·66
Newmarket	1,995	3	1	..	1	..	..	2	4	2·01
Newton ..	2,385	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Parnell ..	4,902	8	2	1	2	1	..	1	7	1·43
Other suburbs	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	44,563	100	13	3	16	17	3	17	69	1·55
Wellington ..	37,442	78	4	..	13	5	1	6	29	0·77
Karori ..	1,024	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Melrose ..	2,043	3	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·49
Onslow ..	1,249	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Wellington and suburbs	41,758	87	4	1	13	5	1	6	30	0·72
Christchurch	17,215	31	3	1	5	..	..	4	13	0·76
Linwood ..	6,113	17	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·33
St. Albans	5,780	17	..	..	5	..	..	1	6	1·04
Sydenham	10,309	26	3	..	3	3	..	5	14	1·36
Woolston ..	2,060	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other suburbs	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	41,477	94	6	1	15	3	..	10	35	0·84
Dunedin ..	23,082	43	2	..	4	5	..	5	16	0·69
Caversham	4,764	4	1	..	5	1	..	2	9	1·89
Maori Hill	1,483	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mornington	3,582	4	1	..	1	1	..	..	3	0·84
North-east Valley	3,374	10	..	..	1	..	1	1	3	0·89
Roslyn ..	4,114	11	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·24
St. Kilda ..	1,185	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Dunedin	4,592	18	1	..	..	..	..	4	5	1·09
West Harbour	1,366	3	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·73
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	47,542	96	5	1	12	7	1	12	38	0·80

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 377, against 350 in March, an increase of 27. The deaths in April were 172, an increase of 7 on the number in March. Of the total deaths, males contributed 90; females, 82. Seventy-one of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 41·28 per cent. of the whole number; 60 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 29 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: three men, 65, 73, 78, and seven women, 65, 70, 71, 75 (two), 77, 78, died at Auckland; three men, 73, 74, 79, and one woman, 70, at Wellington; five men, 75, 78, 82, 84, 90, and one woman, 75, at Christchurch; five men, 70, 71, 72, 83, 85, and four women, 67 (two), 80, 81, 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 April, 1896.

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	14	7	4	4	2	3	4	4	42	24·42
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	1·16
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	9	1	4	..	6	..	10	31	18·02
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	2	4	..	1	3	1	..	13	7·56
VI.	Local Diseases ..	11	13	2	10	1	10	4	9	60	34·88
VII.	Violence ..	1	1	..	1	..	2	..	1	6	3·49
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	6	1	..	..	6	..	5	..	18	10·47
	Totals ..	36	33	11	19	10	25	14	24	172	100·00