New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 8

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Vital Statistics of Chief Cities, Year 1895.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the four Chief Towns of New Zealand during the Year 1895:—

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Births and Deaths to Population, in the under-mentioned Boroughs, during the Year 1895.

BOROUGHS. Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, Census, April, 1891. MEAN POPULATION OF BOROUGHS, 1895. BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1895. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Mean Population. DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1895. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population.
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 .. 31,664 888 28·04 53 18 178 79 13 130 471 14·87
Birkenhead .. 670 17 25·31 1 .. .. .. .. 2 3 4·48
Devonport .. 2,838 62 21·85 2 .. 12 4 1 2 21 7·40
Newmarket .. 51,287 1,622 51 31·44 4 .. 7 2 .. 6 19 11·71
Newton .. 2,406 40 16·63 1 1 5 1 .. 8 16 6·65
Parnell .. 3,807 95 24·95 7 1 17 9 1 7 42 11·03
Other suburbs .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs .. 43,007 1,153 26·81 68 20 219 95 15 155 572 13·80
Wellington .. 35,337 1,000 28·30 71 17 171 53 27 123 462 13·07
Karori .. 34,190 886 29 32·73 2 .. 2 1 .. 1 6 6·77
Melrose .. 1,586 65 40·98 7 .. 1 3 .. 3 14 8·83
Onslow .. 1,227 48 39·12 4 .. .. 1 .. 1 6 4·89
Totals Wellington and suburbs .. 39,036 1,142 29·26 84 17 174 58 27 128 488 12·50
Christchurch .. 17,629 359 20·36 20 3 76 20 4 68 191 10·83
Linwood .. 6,092 188 30·86 10 1 15 12 1 17 56 9·19
St. Albans .. 47,846 5,773 104 18·01 6 3 25 4 2 16 56 9·70
Sydenham .. 10,716 288 26·88 21 3 28 17 6 40 115 10·73
Woolston .. 2,276 62 27·24 5 1 11 2 1 10 30 13·22
Other suburbs .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs .. 42,486 1,001 23·56 62 11 155 55 14 151 448 10·54
Dunedin .. 23,902 475 19·87 25 5 105 20 5 84 244 10·21
Caversham .. 4,840 106 21·90 2 .. 45 3 1 24 75 15·50
Maori Hill .. 1,470 28 19·05 2 .. 5 .. 1 5 13 8·84
Mornington .. 45,981 3,969 92 23·18 2 .. 12 2 4 8 28 7·05
North-east Valley .. 3,972 93 23·41 2 2 9 2 2 6 23 5·79
Roslyn .. 4,042 88 21·77 2 .. 12 .. .. 15 29 7·17
St. Kilda .. 1,254 29 23·13 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 3 2·39
South Dunedin .. 4,714 136 28·85 1 3 11 1 1 14 31 6·58
West Harbour .. 1,451 27 18·61 .. .. 6 1 .. 1 8 5·51
Totals Dunedin and suburbs .. 49,614 1,074 21·65 36 10 206 29 14 159 454 9·15
General Totals .. .. .. 4,370 25·09 (Mean) 250 58 754 237 70 593 1,962 11·27 (Mean)

*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.

TABLE showing, in Classes, the Number of Deaths of Persons of both Sexes under 5 Years of Age and 5 Years and upwards, and the Proportion per Cent. of Deaths in each Class, in the Boroughs above given, registered during the Year 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 50 29 26 39 34 17 16 12 223 11·37
II. Parasitic Diseases .. 2 .. 1 1 .. 1 .. 2 7 0·36
III. Dietetic Diseases .. 8 2 1 2 7 .. 1 1 22 1·12
IV. Constitutional Diseases 15 89 20 85 19 102 4 120 454 23·14
V. Developmental Diseases 16 22 13 14 20 19 15 4 123 6·27
VI. Local Diseases .. 72 210 96 129 46 154 41 200 948 48·32
VII. Violence .. 3 22 6 32 3 13 4 26 109 5·55
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 32 .. 23 .. 13 .. 8 .. 76 3·87
Totals .. 198 374 186 302 142 306 89 365 1,962 100·00


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