New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 76

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✨ Vital Statistics

Oct. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1699

Vital Statistics, September, 1898.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of September, 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 September, 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 SEPTEMBER, 1898.						Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 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	79	6	1	17	3	1	9	37	1·15
Birkenhead ..		750	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Devonport ..		3,205	9	..	..	2	..	..	2	4	1·25
Newmarket ..	57,616	2,041	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·49
Newton ..		2,580	12	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·78
Parnell ..		4,233	8	..	..	2	..	..	2	4	0·94
Other suburbs ..		*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	..	45,083	100	6	1	24	3	1	13	48	1·06
Wellington ..		40,220	77	7	2	15	5	4	11	44	1·09
Karori ..		1,038	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Melrose ..	41,758	2,220	7	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	0·45
Onslow ..		1,313	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Wellington and suburbs	..	44,791	87	7	2	15	5	5	11	45	1·00
Christchurch ..		17,257	27	3	2	6	1	..	7	19	1·10
Linwood ..		6,348	14	1	2	6	1	..	3	13	2·05
St. Albans ..		6,265	14	..	1	4	..	..	..	5	0·80
Sydenham ..	51,330	10,630	18	3	1	4	1	..	3	12	1·13
Woolston ..		2,228	3	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·45
Other suburbs ..		*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	..	42,728	76	7	6	21	3	..	13	50	1·17
Dunedin ..		23,323	38	1	1	17	..	..	13	32	1·37
Caversham ..		4,829	7	..	1	3	..	..	1	5	1·04
Maori Hill ..		1,548	4	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	0·53
Mornington ..		3,787	12	..	..	1	..	..	1	1	0·28
North-east Valley ..	47,280	3,515	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·95
Roslyn ..		4,219	5	..	..	2	1	..	1	4	0·77
St. Kilda ..		1,294	3	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·84
South Dunedin ..		4,762	13	1	..	3	..	..	..	4	..
West Harbour ..		1,395	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	..	48,672	88	2	2	26	1	1	17	49	1·01

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 351, against 408 in August—a decrease of 57. The deaths in September were 192—a decrease of 20 on the number in August. Of the total deaths, males contributed 119, females 73. Fifty-two of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 26·94 per cent. of the whole number; 34 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 40 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Seven men, 65, 68, 70 (two), 73, 80, 82, and four women, 72, 75, 76, 79, died at Auckland; two men, 65, 89, and one woman, 77, at Wellington; nine men, 65, 66, 67 (three), 68, 70, 73, 85, and five women, 68, 72, 73 (two), 84, at Christchurch; and eight men, 66, 71 (two), 73, 75, 82 (two), 86, and four women, 69, 72, 77, 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 September, 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	1	..	6	..	1	4	1	1	14	7·29
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·52
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	2	..	1	..	..	..	1	4	2·08
IV.	Constitutional Diseases ..	..	8	1	9	..	11	..	11	40	20·83
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	2	2	1	..	1	2	4	14	7·29
VI.	Local Diseases ..	2	21	7	13	14	16	2	25	100	52·09
VII.	Violence ..	..	3	..	2	..	2	..	..	7	3·65
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	6	1	3	..	1	..	1	..	12	6·25
	Totals ..	11	37	19	26	16	34	6	43	192	100·00