New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 62

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✨ Vital Statistics

AUG. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1349

Vital Statistics, July, 1898.

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

BOROUGHS.	Population of Principal Boroughs, with all Suburbs, Census, April, 1896.	Estimated Population, JANUARY, 1898.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1898. Males: Under 1 Year	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1898. Males: 1 & under 5 Years	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1898. Males: 5 Years and over.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1898. Females: Under 1 Year	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1898. Females: 1 & under 5 Years	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1898. Females: 5 Years and over.	Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1898.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1897.
Auckland	..	32,274	72	1	2	8	4	1	13	29	0.90	12.99
Birkenhead	..	750	3	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1.33	5.64
Devonport	..	3,205	10	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0.62	8.63
Newmarket	57,616	2,041	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0.49	12.53
Newton	..	2,580	12	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	1.16	6.18
Parnell	..	4,233	16	1	..	5	1	..	2	9	2.13	12.65
Other suburbs	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	..	45,053	115	3	1	18	5	1	17	45	1.00	12.14
Wellington	..	40,220	72	3	..	17	8	1	8	37	0.92	12.03
Karori	41,758	1,038	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6.76
Melrose	..	2,220	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3.34
Onslow	..	1,313	3	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0.76	4.63
Totals Wellington and suburbs	..	44,791	82	3	..	17	8	1	9	38	0.85	11.25
Christchurch	..	17,257	33	3	1	4	1	..	4	13	0.75	13.15
Linwood	..	6,348	16	1	..	3	1	..	3	8	1.26	11.47
St. Albans	51,330	6,265	9	1	..	2	..	..	1	4	0.64	9.42
Sydenham	..	10,630	29	2	..	4	..	..	1	7	0.66	10.63
Woolston	..	2,228	6	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0.45	9.30
Other suburbs	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	..	42,728	93	7	1	12	4	..	9	33	0.77	11.54
Dunedin	..	23,323	46	1	1	12	..	1	8	23	0.98	11.81
Caversham	..	4,829	11	..	..	9	..	..	..	9	1.86	15.59
Maori Hill	..	1,548	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6.56
Mornington	..	3,787	6	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0.79	6.04
North-east Valley	47,280	3,515	6	1	1	2	..	..	1	5	1.42	10.17
Roslyn	..	4,219	2	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0.47	8.10
St. Kilda	..	1,294	2	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	1.55	1.61
South Dunedin	..	4,762	11	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0.42	9.46
West Harbour	..	1,395	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5.05
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	..	48,672	87	1	4	25	2	1	13	46	0.95	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 377, against 409 in June—a decrease of 32. The deaths in July were 162—an increase of 4 on the number in June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 92, females 70. Fifty-two of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 32.10 per cent. of the whole number; 33 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 44 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Four men, 68, 74, 76, 80, and six women, 68, 69, 73 (two), 77, 84, died at Auckland; six men, 66 (two), 70, 73 (two), 78, at Wellington; three men, 70, 74, 79, and two women, 76, 82, at Christchurch; and nineteen men, 65, 68, 69 (two), 71, 72, 74 (two), 75 (two), 76 (four), 77, 78, 82, 83 (two), and four women, 68, 70, 85, 93, 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 July, 1898.

CLASSES.	CAUSES OF DEATH.	AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. Under 5 Years.	AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. 5 Years & over.	WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. Under 5 Years.	WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. 5 Years & over.	CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. Under 5 Years.	CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. 5 Years & over.	DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. Under 5 Years.	DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS. 5 Years & over.	TOTAL.	PROPORTIONS PER CENT.
I.	Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases	3	3	3	4	..	3	..	1	17	10.49
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0.62
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	9	..	3	1	4	2	9	28	17.29
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	2	2	..	1	6	1	2	14	8.64
VI.	Local Diseases	6	20	5	17	3	12	5	22	90	55.56
VII.	Violence	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	3	6	3.70
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	1	..	1	..	2	..	1	6	3.70
	Totals	10	35	12	26	12	21	8	38	162	100.00