New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 35

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

MAY 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 847

Vital Statistics, April, 1898.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of April, 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 April, 1898.

BOROUGHS.	Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, Census, April, 1896.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1898.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, 1898.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1898.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1897.
				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	67	3	..	19	5	2	11	40	1·24	12·99
Birkenhead		720	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·64
Devonport		3,205	2	1	..	4	2	..	..	7	2·18	8·63
Newmarket		2,041	1	1	..	..	1	..	1	3	1·47	12·53
Newton ..		2,580	11	1	..	..	2	..	..	3	1·16	6·18
Parnell ..		4,233	5	..	..	..	1	..	2	3	0·71	12·65
Other suburbs		*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	..	45,053	88	6	..	23	11	2	14	56	1·24	12·14
Wellington ..		40,220	73	6	1	16	7	..	5	35	0·87	12·03
Karori ..		1,038	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·76
Melrose ..		2,220	10	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·45	3·34
Onslow ..		1,313	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4·63
Totals Wellington and suburbs	..	44,791	86	6	1	17	7	..	5	36	0·80	11·25
Christchurch		17,257	30	1	..	2	..	1	4	8	0·46	13·15
Linwood ..		6,348	13	..	..	2	..	..	4	6	0·95	11·47
St. Albans		6,265	5	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·32	9·42
Sydenham		10,630	26	..	..	4	1	1	3	9	0·85	10·63
Woolston ..		2,228	6	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	0·90	9·30
Other suburbs		*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	..	42,728	80	2	..	8	1	2	14	27	0·63	11·54
Dunedin ..		23,323	50	4	..	11	1	..	7	23	0·99	11·81
Caversham		4,829	9	..	..	7	..	..	..	7	1·45	15·59
Maori Hill		1,548	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·65	6·56
Mornington		3,787	9	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·26	6·04
North-east Valley ..		3,515	5	..	..	2	..	..	2	4	1·14	10·17
Roslyn ..		4,219	5	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·24	8·10
St. Kilda ..		1,294	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1·61
South Dunedin		4,762	10	1	..	..	..	1	..	2	0·42	9·46
West Harbour		1,395	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	1·43	5·05
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	..	48,672	89	6	..	21	2	1	11	41	0·84	10·45

*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 343, against 394 in March, a decrease of 51. The deaths in April were 160, a decrease of 47 on the number in March. Of the total deaths, males contributed 90, females 70. Forty-seven of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 29·37 per cent. of the whole number; 41 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 31 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Six men, 65 (two), 68, 69, 70, 77, and four women, 74, 75, 79, 92, died at Auckland; two men, 74, 85, and one woman, 65, at Wellington; two men, 78, 79, and two women, 82 (two), at Christchurch; and ten men, 65 (two), 67, 68, 72, 77, 78, 80, 83, 86, and four women, 66, 77, 79, 82, 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, 1898.

CLASSES.	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	11	6	5	2	..	2	2	2	30	18·75
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	0·62
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	6	1	7	..	10	1	10	35	21·88
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	2	2	..	1	3	2	3	15	9·38
VI.	Local Diseases ..	6	16	4	8	1	7	1	16	59	36·88
VII.	Violence ..	..	7	..	4	1	..	..	1	13	8·12
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	..	..	2	1	2	..	2	..	7	4·37
	Totals ..	19	37	14	22	5	22	9	32	160	100·00