New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 82

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 82

Vital Statistics, September, 1896.

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

BOROUGHS.	Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, Census, April, 1891.	POPULATION, APRIL, 1896.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1896.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 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.
Auckland ..	31,424	75	2	..	18	1
Birkenhead	690	3	..	..	..	..
Devonport	3,010	9	..	..	3	..
Newmarket	1,929	7	2	..	1	..
Newton ..	2,379	7	..	..	..	..
Parnell ..	4,196	7	..	..	..	..
Other suburbs	*	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	43,628	108	4	..	22	2
Wellington ..	37,441	88	2	3	14	2
Karori	1,024	..	..	..	..	..
Melrose	2,044	3	1	..	..	..
Onslow	1,249	6	..	..	..	..
Totals Wellington and suburbs	41,758	97	3	3	14	2
Christchurch	16,964	42	2	2	4	2
Linwood	6,115	17	..	..	4	..
St. Albans	5,781	14	..	..	1	..
Sydenham	10,312	22	3	1	3	..
Woolston	2,057	4	..	..	..	2
Other suburbs	*	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	41,229	99	5	3	12	4
Dunedin ..	22,815	48	2	1	9	4
Caversham	4,763	8	..	..	6	..
Maori Hill	1,483	..	..	..	1	..
Mornington	3,584	6	1	..	1	..
North-east Valley	3,374	9	..	..	1	..
Roslyn	4,118	15	1	..	2	..
St. Kilda	1,185	4	..	..	..	..
South Dunedin	4,592	8	1	..	..	..
West Harbour	1,366	2	..	..	..	..
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	47,280	100	5	2	20	4

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 404, against 367 in August, an increase of 37. The deaths in September were 155, a decrease of 5 on the number in August. Of the total deaths, males contributed 93, females 62. Forty-three of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 27·74 per cent. of the whole number; 29 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 36 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: eight men, 68 (two), 73, 76, 78 (two), 80, 82, and two women, 65, 67, died at Auckland; six men, 65, 67, 75, 76, 80 (two), and five women, 65 (two), 70 (two), 97, at Wellington; two men, 72, 78, and three women, 67, 76, 80, at Christchurch; and nine men, 66, 68, 71 (three), 72 (two), 73, 81, and one woman, 72, 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 September, 1896.

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.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases	1	1	2	1	2	..
II. Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..
III. Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV. Constitutional Diseases	..	7	..	4	..	8
V. Developmental Diseases	..	1	..	2	2	2
VI. Local Diseases	4	20	7	15	7	12
VII. Violence	..	2	..	1	..	4
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	..	..	..	2	..
Totals	6	31	9	23	13	26