New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 68

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

Vital Statistics, August, 1898.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1898.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1898.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 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	87	2	1	18	1	1	14	37	1·15	12·99
Birkenhead	750	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1·39	5·64
Devonport	3,205	13	1	..	2	1	..	..	4	1·25	8·63
Newmarket	2,041	5	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·49	12·53
Newton ..	2,580	8	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·39	6·18
Parnell ..	4,233	11	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12·65
Other suburbs	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	45,053	125	4	2	21	2	1	14	44	0·98	12·14
Wellington ..	40,220	92	11	..	18	8	1	16	54	1·34	12·03
Karori ..	1,038	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	1·93	6·76
Melrose ..	2,220	13	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	0·90	3·34
Onslow ..	1,313	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4·63
Totals Wellington and suburbs	44,791	107	11	1	21	8	1	16	58	1·29	11·25
Christchurch	17,257	41	1	..	13	..	..	6	20	1·16	13·15
Linwood ..	6,348	15	1	..	4	..	..	1	6	0·95	11·47
St. Albans	6,265	8	..	..	3	1	..	3	7	1·12	9·42
Sydenham	10,630	20	1	..	5	1	..	6	13	1·22	10·63
Woolston ..	2,228	2	..	..	4	..	..	1	5	2·24	9·30
Other suburbs	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	42,728	86	3	..	29	2	..	17	51	1·19	11·54
Dunedin ..	23,323	34	2	..	13	3	..	12	30	1·29	11·81
Caversham	4,829	14	..	..	9	..	..	2	11	2·28	15·59
Maori Hill	1,548	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	1·29	6·56
Mornington	3,787	5	..	..	2	1	..	2	5	1·32	6·04
North-east Valley	3,515	6	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	0·57	10·17
Roslyn ..	4,219	13	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	0·47	8·10
St. Kilda ..	1,294	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	1·55	1·61
South Dunedin	4,762	13	3	..	1	..	..	1	5	1·05	9·46
West Harbour	1,395	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·05
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	48,672	90	7	1	28	4	..	19	59	1·21	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 408, against 377 in July—an increase of 31. The deaths in August were 212—an increase of 50 on the number in July. Of the total deaths, males contributed 128, females 84. Forty-seven of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 22·17 per cent. of the whole number; 41 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 64 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Six men, 68, 71, 72, 73, 74, 82, and six women, 70, 73, 79 (two), 81, 83, died at Auckland; seven men, 67, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 86, and six women, 73, 74 (two), 76, 78, 82, at Wellington; fifteen men, 65 (two), 66 (two), 68 (two), 69, 70 (two), 76, 79, 82, 84, 90, 94, and three women, 65, 69, 86, at Christchurch; and seventeen men, 66 (two), 68, 69, 70 (two), 71 (four), 72 (two), 74, 76, 77, 80, 82, and four women, 65, 67, 71, 81, 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 August, 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	1	..	7	..	..	1	1	..	10	4·72
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	2	..	2	..	2	6	2·83
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	6	1	11	..	9	..	9	36	16·98
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	1	5	3	2	7	4	6	28	13·21
VI.	Local Diseases	6	27	7	19	1	26	5	29	120	56·60
VII.	Violence	1	1	1	2	..	1	1	1	8	3·77
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	4	1·89
	Totals	9	35	21	37	5	46	12	47	212	100·00