New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 20

Page 595

✨ Vital Statistics

FEB. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 595

Vital Statistics, January, 1897.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of January, 1897:—

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 January, 1897.

BOROUGHS.	Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, Census, April, 1896.	Population, Census, April, 1896.	Total Births in Boroughs.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JANUARY, 1897.
				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.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1897.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1896.
Auckland ..	..	31,424	74	7	1	10	11	..	10	39	1·24	14·42
Birkenhead	..	690	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·80
Devonport	..	3,010	5	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·33	12·29
Newmarket	..	1,929	7	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	1·04	11·40
Newton ..	..	2,379	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·42	4·20
Parnell ..	..	4,196	4	1	..	..	..	..	2	3	0·71	10·96
Other suburbs	..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	..	43,628	93	9	1	11	13	..	12	46	1·05	13·12
Wellington ..	..	37,441	75	9	3	13	8	1	13	47	1·26	11·59
Karori ..	..	1,024	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·98	1·95
Melrose ..	..	2,044	8	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·49	9·30
Onslow ..	..	1,249	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2·40
Totals Wellington and suburbs	..	41,758	90	10	3	13	8	1	14	49	1·17	10·97
Christchurch	..	16,964	28	2	1	6	3	..	5	17	1·00	11·49
Linwood ..	..	6,115	12	1	..	3	..	..	1	5	0·82	10·47
St. Albans	..	5,781	11	1	1	..	3	..	2	7	1·21	8·99
Sydenham	..	10,312	24	2	1	2	2	1	..	8	0·78	12·02
Woolston ..	..	2,057	6	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	1·46	10·70
Other suburbs	..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	..	41,229	81	6	3	12	8	1	10	40	0·97	11·08
Dunedin ..	..	22,815	39	1	..	17	..	1	14	33	1·45	9·60
Caversham	..	4,763	5	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·42	14·91
Maori Hill	..	1,483	5	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·67	4·72
Mornington	..	3,584	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·25
North-east Valley	..	3,374	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·71
Roslyn ..	..	4,118	7	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·24	5·33
St. Kilda ..	..	1,185	2	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	1·69	5·06
South Dunedin	..	4,592	10	..	..	3	1	..	1	5	1·09	9·58
West Harbour	..	1,366	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·86
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	..	47,280	82	2	..	23	1	1	17	44	0·93	9·12

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 346, against 363 in December, a decrease of 17. The deaths in January were 179, an increase of 33 on the number in December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 93, females 86. Sixty-seven of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 37·43 per cent. of the whole number; 57 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 34 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: one man, 66, and five women, 69, 70 (two), 72, 82, died at Auckland; five men, 65, 67, 72, 73, 77, and two women, 69, 77, at Wellington; two men, 66, 83, and three women, 73, 74, 82, at Christchurch; and nine men, 65, 66, 67 (two), 70, 71, 76, 79, 86, and seven women, 67, 71, 75, 77, 78, 80, 84, 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 Proportion per Cent. of Deaths from each Cause, in the Boroughs above given, registered during the Month of January, 1897.

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	3	6	..	7	1	..	1	32	17·88
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	1·12
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	2	10	1	7	..	9	..	11	40	22·35
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	4	13	7·26
VI.	Local Diseases	3	8	8	14	7	8	2	20	70	39·11
VII.	Violence	..	..	2	5	..	2	..	2	11	6·14
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	3	1	3	..	3	..	..	1	11	6·14
	Totals	23	23	22	27	18	22	4	40	179	100·00