New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 37

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

April 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 899

Vital Statistics, March, 1897.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of March, 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 March, 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 March, 1897.
				Males.			Females.			Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, March, 1897.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1896.
				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	72	13	1	14	8	..	6	42	1·34	14·42
Birkenhead	..	690	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·80
Devonport	..	3,010	12	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12·29
Newmarket	..	1,929	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11·40
Newton ..	..	2,379	4	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·42	4·20
Parnell ..	..	4,196	10	..	..	1	1	1	2	5	1·19	10·96
Other suburbs	..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	..	43,628	102	13	1	16	9	1	8	48	1·10	13·12
Wellington ..	..	37,441	89	5	2	16	6	1	16	46	1·23	11·59
Karori ..	..	1,024	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1·95
Melrose ..	..	2,044	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·30
Onslow ..	..	1,249	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2·40
Totals Wellington and suburbs	..	41,758	99	5	2	16	6	1	16	46	1·10	10·97
Christchurch	..	16,964	32	2	..	8	1	..	4	15	0·88	11·49
Linwood ..	..	6,115	13	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	0·33	10·47
St. Albans	..	5,781	7	..	..	1	2	..	1	4	0·69	8·99
Sydenham	..	10,312	19	3	..	2	2	..	2	9	0·87	12·02
Woolston ..	..	2,057	6	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	1·46	10·70
Other suburbs	..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	..	41,229	77	6	..	13	5	..	9	33	0·80	11·03
Dunedin ..	..	22,815	44	2	1	9	..	..	9	21	0·92	9·60
Caversham	..	4,763	13	..	..	1	..	..	1	1	0·21	14·91
Maori Hill	..	1,483	4	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	1·34	4·72
Mornington	..	3,584	8	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·28	7·25
North-east Valley	..	3,374	8	1	..	2	..	..	1	4	1·19	7·71
Roslyn ..	..	4,118	5	1	..	2	..	..	1	4	0·97	5·83
St. Kilda ..	..	1,185	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·06
South Dunedin	..	4,592	13	1	..	3	..	..	3	7	1·52	9·58
West Harbour	..	1,366	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·86
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	..	47,280	99	5	1	18	..	..	17	41	0·87	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 377, against 319 in February, an increase of 58. The deaths in March were 168, an increase of 11 on the number in February. Of the total deaths, males contributed 96, females 72. Fifty-five of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 32·74 per cent. of the whole number; 49 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 31 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: five men, 67, 70, 73, 82 (two), and two women, 66, 74, died at Auckland; four men, 65 (two), 66, 70, and five women, 66 (two), 67, 86, 89, at Wellington; one man, 67, and four women, 71 (two), 73, 84, at Christchurch; and seven men, 70, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 86, and three women, 67, 70, 73, 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 March, 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	4	3	3	1	5	..	2	1	19	11·31
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	4	2·38
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	4	4	1	13	..	6	..	17	45	26·79
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	1	1	..	3	1	1	..	8	4·76
VI.	Local Diseases	10	14	3	15	2	14	3	13	74	44·05
VII.	Violence	..	2	..	3	..	1	..	2	8	4·76
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	3	..	5	..	1	..	..	1	10	5·95
	Totals	24	24	14	32	11	22	6	35	168	100·00