New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 83

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 83

Vital Statistics, October, 1898.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1896.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 1898.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, October, 1898.	Proportion of Deaths to the 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	79	10	2	14	6	1		37	1·15	12·99
Birkenhead	750	4	..	..	..	..	..	2	4	..	5·64
Devonport	3,205	11	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	1·25	8·63
Newmarket	2,041	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12·53
Newton ..	2,580	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·39	6·18
Parnell ..	4,233	6	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·71	12·65
Other suburbs	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	45,083	109	11	2	16	6	1	9	45	1·00	12·14
Wellington ..	40,220	98	4	..	21	5	1	9	40	0·99	12·03
Karori ..	1,038	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·76
Melrose ..	2,220	5	..	..	1	2	1	..	4	1·80	3·34
Onslow ..	1,313	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·76	4·63
Totals Wellington and suburbs	44,791	109	4	..	22	7	2	10	45	1·00	11·25
Christchurch	17,257	41	2	1	8	..	1	8	20	1·16	13·15
Linwood ..	6,848	18	..	..	1	1	..	3	5	0·79	11·47
St. Albans	6,265	9	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·32	9·42
Sydenham	10,630	27	1	1	5	1	..	2	10	0·94	10·63
Woolston ..	2,228	5	..	..	1	..	..	3	4	1·80	9·30
Other suburbs	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	42,728	95	3	2	15	2	1	18	41	0·96	11·54
Dunedin ..	23,323	47	5	..	10	5	..	7	27	1·16	11·81
Caversham	4,829	9	..	1	5	2	..	4	12	2·48	15·59
Maori Hill	1,548	3	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·65	6·56
Mornington	3,787	5	3	..	1	..	..	1	5	1·32	6·04
North-east Valley	3,515	9	1	..	2	..	..	1	4	1·14	10·17
Roslyn ..	4,219	10	..	..	3	..	..	1	4	0·95	8·10
St. Kilda ..	1,294	1	..	..	3	..	..	..	3	2·32	1·61
South Dunedin	4,762	14	1	..	1	1	..	1	4	0·84	9·46
West Harbour	1,395	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·05
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	48,672	101	10	1	26	8	..	15	60	1·23	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 414, against 351 in September—an increase of 63. The deaths in October were 191—a decrease of 1 on the number in September. Of the total deaths, males contributed 112, females 79. Sixty of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 34·55 per cent. of the whole number; 51 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 39 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Seven men, 66, 68, 69, 73 (two), 77, 88, and five women, 65, 66, 71, 75, 83, died at Auckland; eight men, 67, 68, 70, 76 (two), 79, 87, 90, and two women, 71, 77, at Wellington; two men, 68, 75, and four women, 65, 68, 69, 78, at Christchurch; and five men, 65, 71, 77, 79, 83, and six women, 72, 78 (two), 79, 83 (two), 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 October, 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	3	..	3	2	..	1	4	1	14	7·33
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	1·05
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	4	1	10	..	13	1	12	42	21·99
V.	Developmental Diseases	4	1	3	..	1	1	6	2	18	9·42
VI.	Local Diseases	9	17	5	17	6	16	6	25	101	52·88
VII.	Violence	..	2	..	3	..	2	1	..	8	4·19
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	3	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	6	3·14
	Totals	20	25	13	32	8	33	19	41	191	100·00