New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 28

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✨ Vital Statistics



MAR. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 761

Vital Statistics, February, 1897.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of February, 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 February, 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 FEBRUARY, 1897: Males: Under 1 Year. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1897: Males: 1 & under 5 Years. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1897: Males: 5 Years and over. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1897: Females: Under 1 Year. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1897: Females: 1 & under 5 Years. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1897: Females: 5 Years and over. Total Deaths. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1897. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1896.
Auckland 57,616 31,424 62 15 1 12 9 2 15 54 1.72 14.42
Birkenhead 690 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.80
Devonport 3,010 5 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 2 0.66 12.29
Newmarket 1,929 2 .. .. 3 2 .. 1 6 3.11 11.40
Newton 2,379 4 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 0.42 4.20
Parnell 4,196 6 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 3 0.71 10.96
Other suburbs* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs 43,628 79 15 1 16 13 2 19 66 1.51 13.12
Wellington 41,758 37,441 85 1 .. 16 7 .. 6 30 0.80 11.59
Karori 1,024 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0.97 1.95
Melrose 2,044 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9.30
Onslow 1,249 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.40
Totals Wellington and suburbs 41,758 88 1 .. 17 7 .. 6 31 0.74 10.97
Christchurch 51,330 16,964 31 3 .. 8 2 .. 7 20 1.18 11.49
Linwood 6,115 10 2 .. .. .. .. 2 4 0.65 10.47
St. Albans 5,781 12 2 .. 2 1 .. 2 7 1.21 8.99
Sydenham 10,312 15 2 .. .. 2 .. 2 6 0.58 12.02
Woolston 2,057 8 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0.49 10.70
Other suburbs* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs 41,229 76 9 .. 10 5 .. 14 38 0.92 11.08
Dunedin 47,280 22,815 41 1 .. 5 .. 1 5 12 0.53 9.60
Caversham 4,763 8 1 .. 6 .. .. .. 7 1.47 14.91
Maori Hill 1,483 2 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0.67 4.72
Mornington 3,584 5 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0.28 7.25
North-east Valley 3,374 4 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 0.30 7.71
Roslyn 4,118 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.83
St. Kilda 1,185 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.06
South Dunedin 4,592 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9.58
West Harbour 1,366 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.86
Totals Dunedin and suburbs 47,280 76 2 .. 11 .. 2 7 22 0.47 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 319, against 346 in January, a decrease of 27. The deaths in February were 157, a decrease of 22 on the number in January. Of the total deaths, males contributed 82, females 75. Fifty-seven of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 36.30 per cent. of the whole number; 52 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 26 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: two men, 68, 71, and four women, 73 (two), 81, 92, died at Auckland; four men, 68, 70, 72, 83, and one woman, 77, at Wellington; four men, 68, 73 (two), 81, and four women, 66, 73, 79, 81, at Christchurch; and seven men, 70, 73 (two), 77 (two), 82 (two), 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 February, 1897.

CLASSES. CAUSES OF DEATH. AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: Under 5 Years. AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: 5 Years & over. WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: Under 5 Years. WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: 5 Years & over. CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: Under 5 Years. CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: 5 Years & over. DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: Under 5 Years. DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: 5 Years & over. TOTAL. PROPORTIONS PER CENT.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 14 6 4 2 6 3 .. .. 35 22.29
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0.64
III. Dietetic Diseases .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 2 1.27
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 9 1 8 1 4 .. 1 24 15.29
V. Developmental Diseases 2 2 .. 2 3 .. 2 .. 11 7.01
VI. Local Diseases 12 15 2 8 .. 16 2 16 71 45.22
VII. Violence .. 2 .. 3 .. .. .. .. 5 3.18
VIII. Ill-defined and Not specified Causes 3 .. 1 .. 4 .. .. .. 8 5.10
Totals 31 35 8 23 14 24 4 18 157 100.00


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