New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 71

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

SEPT. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1571

Vital Statistics, August, 1896.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of August, 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 August, 1896.

BOROUGHS.	POPULATION, CENSUS, APRIL, 1896.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1896.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 1896.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1895.
			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 ..	31,424	87	4	2	16	1	..	8	31	0·99	14·87
Birkenhead	690	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4·48
Devonport	3,010	7	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·33	7·40
Newmarket	1,929	4	2	1	3	..	..	..	6	3·11	11·71
Newton ..	2,379	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·65
Parnell ..	4,196	10	1	1	1	1	..	..	4	0·95	11·03
Other suburbs	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	43,628	111	7	4	20	2	..	9	42	0·96	13·30
Wellington ..	37,441	89	7	2	15	4	1	15	44	1·18	13·07
Karori ..	1,024	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·77
Melrose ..	2,044	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·83
Onslow ..	1,249	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4·89
Totals Wellington and suburbs	41,758	100	7	2	15	4	1	15	44	1·05	12·50
Christchurch	16,964	28	1	..	7	1	..	4	13	0·77	10·83
Linwood ..	6,115	14	1	..	2	..	..	4	7	1·14	9·19
St. Albans	5,781	9	1	..	4	..	..	1	6	1·04	9·70
Sydenham	10,312	16	2	1	2	2	..	4	11	1·07	10·73
Woolston ..	2,057	4	..	1	..	1	..	2	4	1·94	13·22
Other suburbs	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	41,229	71	5	2	15	4	..	15	41	0·99	10·54
Dunedin ..	22,815	39	..	..	3	1	..	13	17	0·75	10·21
Caversham	4,763	14	1	..	2	1	..	..	4	0·84	15·50
Maori Hill	1,483	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·84
Mornington	3,584	5	1	..	3	..	..	..	4	1·12	7·05
North-east Valley	3,374	9	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·30	5·79
Roslyn ..	4,118	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·17
St. Kilda ..	1,185	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2·39
South Dunedin	4,592	6	2	..	..	2	..	2	6	1·31	6·58
West Harbour	1,366	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·73	5·51
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	47,280	85	4	..	9	4	..	16	33	0·70	9·15

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 367, against 375 in July, a decrease of 8. The deaths in August were 160, a decrease of 11 on the number in July. Of the total deaths, males contributed 90, females 70. Forty-six of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 28·75 per cent. of the whole number; 37 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 37 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: six men, 65, 66 (two), 71, 74, 80, and five women, 66, 68, 74, 76, 77, died at Auckland; four men, 68, 74 (two), 78, and one woman, 71, at Wellington; eleven men 65, 68 (three), 73 (two), 80 (two), 82 (two), 95, and six women, 67, 70, 72, 77 (two), 78, at Christchurch; and two men, 66, 80, and two women, 76, 79, 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 August, 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	1	2	3	2	2	3	1	1	15	9·37
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·62
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	1·25
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	6	2	12	..	7	1	8	37	23·13
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	..	3	..	3	3	1	..	11	6·88
VI.	Local Diseases	8	17	4	13	4	17	3	14	80	50·00
VII.	Violence	..	4	1	3	1	..	1	..	10	6·25
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	2	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	4	2·50
	Totals	13	29	14	30	11	30	8	25	160	100·00