New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 62

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 62

Vital Statistics, June, 1897.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of June, 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 June, 1897.

BOROUGHS.	Population of Principal Boroughs and Suburbs, Census, April, 1896.	Population, Census, April, 1896.	Total Births in Boroughs.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 1897.
				Males.			Females.
				Under 1 Year.	1 and under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1 and under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 1897.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1896.
Auckland ..		31,424	73	2	1	21	..	1	9	34	1·08	14·42
Birkenhead ..		690	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·80
Devonport ..		3,010	6	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·66	12·29
Newmarket ..		1,929	5	..	..	1	1	..	1	3	1·56	11·40
Newton ..		2,379	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4·20
Parnell ..		4,196	10	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·71	10·96
Other suburbs ..		*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	57,616	43,628	96	2	1	24	1	1	13	42	0·96	13·12
Wellington ..		37,441	91	4	..	19	5	..	15	43	1·15	11·59
Karori ..		1,024	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·98	1·95
Melrose ..		2,044	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·30
Onslow ..		1,249	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2·40
Totals Wellington and suburbs	41,758	41,758	95	4	..	19	5	..	16	44	1·05	10·97
Christchurch ..		16,964	20	2	..	8	..	..	3	13	0·77	11·49
Linwood ..		6,115	9	1	..	3	..	1	1	6	0·98	10·47
St. Albans ..		5,781	13	1	..	1	..	..	2	4	0·69	8·99
Sydenham ..		10,312	24	1	..	3	..	..	6	10	0·97	12·02
Woolston ..		2,057	4	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·49	10·70
Other suburbs ..		*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	51,330	41,229	70	5	..	16	..	1	12	34	0·82	11·08
Dunedin ..		22,815	47	..	..	7	..	..	8	15	0·66	9·60
Caversham ..		4,763	4	..	..	7	..	..	4	11	2·31	14·91
Maori Hill ..		1,483	6	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·67	4·72
Mornington ..		3,584	7	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·28	7·25
North-east Valley ..		3,374	7	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·59	7·71
Roslyn ..		4,118	9	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·73	5·83
St. Kilda ..		1,185	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·06
South Dunedin ..		4,592	12	1	..	1	..	1	1	4	0·87	9·58
West Harbour ..		1,366	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·86
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	47,280	47,280	99	1	..	16	..	1	19	37	0·78	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 360, against 357 in May, an increase of 3. The deaths in June were 157, a decrease of 19 on the number in May. Of the total deaths, males contributed 88, females 69. Twenty-two of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 14·01 per cent. of the whole number; 18 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 39 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: five men, 65, 73, 74, 83, 84, and five women, 70, 72, 77, 85, 90, died at Auckland; seven men, 65, 68 (two), 70, 71, 74, 78, and three women, 73, 76, 83, at Wellington; five men, 66 (two), 71, 83, 87, and two women, 77, 78, at Christchurch; and seven men, 66 (two), 72, 73, 76, 79, 88, and five women, 65 (three), 75, 89, 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 June, 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	2	3	1	1	..	2	..	3	12	7·64
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·64
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	1	2	1·27
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	10	..	7	..	8	..	12	37	23·57
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	4	4	1	1	2	1	..	13	8·28
VI.	Local Diseases	2	16	2	22	4	14	1	17	78	49·68
VII.	Violence	..	3	..	1	1	2	..	3	10	6·37
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	4	2·55
	Totals	5	37	9	35	6	28	2	35	157	100·00