New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 11

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

Vital Statistics, January, 1898.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of January, 1898:—

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, 1898.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1898.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JANUARY, 1898.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1898.
			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.
Auckland ..	32,274	65	10	2	10	8	1	11	42	1·30	12·99
Birkenhead ..	720	3	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1·39	5·64
Devonport ..	3,205	8	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·62	8·63
Newmarket ..	2,041	2	..	..	1	..	1	3	5	2·45	12·53
Newton ..	2,580	7	2	..	3	1	1	..	7	2·71	6·18
Parnell ..	4,233	11	2	1	..	..	..	3	6	1·42	12·65
Other suburbs ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	45,053	96	14	3	16	9	3	18	63	1·40	12·14
Wellington ..	40,220	95	8	..	11	3	..	19	41	1·02	12·03
Karori ..	1,038	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·96	6·76
Melrose ..	2,126	8	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	0·47	3·34
Onslow ..	1,313	6	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·76	4·63
Totals Wellington and suburbs	44,697	110	8	..	12	3	1	20	44	0·98	11·25
Christchurch ..	17,257	31	2	..	10	1	..	12	25	1·45	13·15
Linwood ..	6,348	15	2	..	2	2	..	4	10	1·58	11·47
St. Albans ..	6,265	12	1	..	3	2	..	1	7	1·12	9·42
Sydenham ..	10,630	22	3	..	1	4	..	2	10	0·94	10·63
Woolston ..	2,228	6	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·90	9·30
Other suburbs ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	42,728	86	8	..	17	9	..	20	54	1·26	11·54
Dunedin ..	23,323	47	1	1	12	1	1	9	25	1·07	11·81
Caversham ..	4,829	10	..	..	8	..	..	2	10	2·07	15·59
Maori Hill ..	1,548	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	1·29	6·56
Mornington ..	3,787	6	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·26	6·04
North-east Valley ..	3,515	10	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·57	10·17
Roslyn ..	4,219	7	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·71	8·10
St. Kilda ..	1,294	8	1	..	2	..	..	..	3	2·32	1·61
South Dunedin ..	4,762	9	..	..	1	..	..	3	4	0·84	9·46
West Harbour ..	1,395	5	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	2·15	5·05
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	48,672	103	2	1	29	1	1	19	53	1·08	10·45

The remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics.

Some few of the estimated populations given above are subject to revision, the data necessary for the computations not having as yet been supplied in all cases.

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 395, against 377 in December, an increase of 18. The deaths in January were 214, an increase of 53 on the number in December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 110, females 104. Sixty-three of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 29·44 per cent. of the whole number; 54 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 59 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: eight men, 65, 66, 67, 68 (two), 72, 81, 87, and five women, 70, 80, 81, 83, 89, died at Auckland; four men, 69, 75, 76, 78, and five women, 72, 76, 80, 86, 87, at Wellington; nine men, 65, 66 (two), 67, 69, 70 (two), 71, 74, and ten women, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 80, 81, 83, 93, at Christchurch; and thirteen men, 68, 69 (four), 70 (two), 74, 75, 79, 80 (two), 94, and five women, 69, 71, 74, 88, 92, 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, 1898.

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	10	5	7	8	7	7	..	5	49	22·90
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·47
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	2	5	1	9	..	7	..	18	42	19·62
V.	Developmental Diseases	3	3	..	1	3	4	1	..	15	7·01
VI.	Local Diseases ..	11	18	4	12	5	18	3	25	96	44·86
VII.	Violence ..	..	2	..	2	..	..	..	..	4	1·87
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	3	..	..	..	2	1	1	..	7	3·27
	Totals ..	29	34	12	32	17	37	5	48	214	100·00