New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 44

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

998 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 45

Vital Statistics, May, 1898.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of May, 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 May, 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 MAY, 1898.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, May, 1898.	Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1897.
				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 ...	...	32,274	73	13	..	17	6	..	13	49	1.52	12.99
Birkenhead ...	...	720	1	..	2	..	..	..	..	2	2.78	5.64
Devonport ...	...	3,205	8	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	0.62	8.63
Newmarket ...	57,616	2,041	6	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	0.98	12.53
Newton ...	...	2,580	16	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0.39	6.18
Parnell ...	...	4,233	10	..	2	1	..	..	1	4	0.94	12.65
Other suburbs	...	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	...	45,053	114	17	2	20	6	..	15	60	1.33	12.14
Wellington ...	...	40,220	126	7	3	18	6	..	16	50	1.24	12.03
Karori ...	41,758	1,038	2	1	..	1	..	..	1	3	2.89	6.76
Melrose ...	...	2,220	6	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0.45	3.34
Onslow ...	...	1,313	3	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	0.76	4.63
Totals Wellington and suburbs	...	44,791	137	8	3	20	7	..	17	55	1.23	11.25
Christchurch ...	...	17,257	34	3	..	6	2	..	2	13	0.75	13.15
Linwood ...	...	6,348	12	1	..	2	3	..	1	7	1.10	11.47
St. Albans ...	51,330	6,265	15	..	..	2	1	..	2	5	0.80	9.42
Sydenham ...	...	10,630	23	..	..	6	1	..	5	12	1.13	10.63
Woolston ...	...	2,228	8	..	..	1	..	..	4	5	2.24	9.30
Other suburbs	...	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	...	42,728	92	4	..	17	7	..	14	42	0.98	11.54
Dunedin ...	...	23,323	46	3	1	5	2	1	5	17	0.73	11.81
Caversham ...	...	4,829	9	1	..	4	..	..	3	8	1.66	15.59
Maori Hill ...	...	1,548	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6.56
Mornington ...	...	3,787	2	1	1	1	..	..	1	4	1.06	6.04
North-east Valley	47,280	3,515	5	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0.57	10.17
Roslyn ...	...	4,219	4	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0.71	8.10
St. Kilda ...	...	1,294	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1.61
South Dunedin ...	...	4,762	7	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0.42	9.46
West Harbour ...	...	1,395	2	..	..	..	..	..	3	3	2.15	5.05
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	...	48,672	82	5	2	13	2	1	16	39	0.80	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 425, against 343 in April, an increase of 82. The deaths in May were 196, an increase of 36 on the number in April. Of the total deaths, males contributed 111, females 85. Sixty-four of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 32.65 per cent. of the whole number; 56 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 33 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Four men, 65, 70, 75, 76, and seven women, 66, 68, 70, 73, 82, 84, 85, died at Auckland; one man, 68, and one woman, 68, at Wellington; seven men, 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 83, 88, and four women, 67, 77, 86, 98, at Christchurch; and seven men, 66, 68, 69, 70, 78, 80 (two), and two women, 65, 68, 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 May, 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	4	5	2	10	2	1	4	..	28	14.29
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0.51
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0.51
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	7	2	15	..	13	..	7	44	22.45
V.	Developmental Diseases	4	4	2	1	1	2	2	..	16	8.17
VI.	Local Diseases	7	14	9	11	6	14	4	19	84	42.85
VII.	Violence	1	4	1	..	1	..	..	1	9	4.59
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	9	1	2	..	1	..	..	..	13	6.63
	Totals	25	35	18	37	11	31	10	29	196	100.00