New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 47

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

Vital Statistics, April, 1897.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of April, 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 April, 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 APRIL, 1897.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1897.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1896.
				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 ..	..	31,424	74	5	3	9	4	1	7	29	0.92	14.42
Birkenhead		690	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5.80
Devonport		3,010	8	..	1	1	1	..	1	4	1.33	12.29
Newmarket	57,616	1,929	5	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0.52	11.40
Newton ..		2,379	6	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	0.84	4.20
Parnell ..		4,196	10	1	..	..	..	..	3	4	0.95	10.96
Other suburbs		*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	..	43,628	104	6	5	11	5	1	12	40	0.92	13.12
Wellington ..	..	37,441	108	5	..	13	12	..	10	40	1.07	11.59
Karori ..	41,758	1,024	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	1.95	1.95
Melrose ..		2,044	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9.30
Onslow ..		1,249	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2.40
Totals Wellington and suburbs	..	41,758	109	5	..	13	13	..	11	42	1.01	10.97
Christchurch		16,964	33	5	..	5	1	2	7	20	1.18	11.49
Linwood ..		6,115	13	..	..	1	1	..	4	6	0.98	10.47
St. Albans	51,350	5,781	13	..	..	5	..	..	1	6	1.04	8.99
Sydenham		10,312	19	2	2	..	..	..	7	12	1.16	12.02
Woolston ..		2,057	8	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0.97	10.70
Other suburbs		*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	..	41,229	86	7	2	12	3	2	20	46	1.12	11.08
Dunedin ..		22,815	44	1	..	9	3	..	10	23	1.01	9.60
Caversham		4,763	10	1	..	2	1	..	2	6	1.26	14.91
Maori Hill		1,483	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0.67	4.72
Mornington		3,584	5	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0.56	7.25
North-east Valley	47,280	3,374	10	..	..	1	1	..	5	7	2.07	7.71
Roslyn ..		4,118	5	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	0.49	5.83
St. Kilda ..		1,185	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5.06
South Dunedin		4,592	12	1	..	2	2	..	1	6	1.31	9.58
West Harbour		1,366	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5.86
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	..	47,280	97	3	..	17	8	..	19	47	0.99	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 396, against 377 in March, an increase of 19. The deaths in April were 175, an increase of 7 on the number in March. Of the total deaths, males contributed 81, females 94. Sixty of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 34.29 per cent. of the whole number; 50 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 39 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: four men, 69, 75, 85, 88, and three women, 70, 77 (two), died at Auckland; four men, 65 (two), 66, 68, and five women, 65, 69, 79, 82, 88, at Wellington; five men, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, and four women, 68, 70, 74 (two), at Christchurch; and eight men, 66, 69 (two), 72, 77, 78, 79, 81, and six women, 66, 70, 72, 73, 77, 88, 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 April, 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	2	5	3	5	..	3	2	24	13.71
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0.57
III.	Dietetic Diseases	1	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	4	2.29
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	4	4	3	6	1	14	1	9	42	24.00
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	3	3	2	1	1	4	1	16	9.14
VI.	Local Diseases	6	12	4	11	3	17	2	23	78	44.57
VII.	Violence	..	1	..	2	1	..	..	1	5	2.86
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	1	2	..	1	..	..	..	5	2.86
	Totals	17	23	18	24	14	32	11	36	175	100.00