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✨ Vital Statistics

Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2009

Vital Statistics, November, 1898.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1898.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN NOVEMBER, 1898.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, November, 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	103	6	4	21	5	2	9	47	1·46	12·99
Birkenhead	750	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·64
Devonport	3,205	5	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·62	8·63
Newmarket	2,041	6	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·49	12·53
Newton ..	2,580	7	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·39	6·18
Parnell ..	4,233	13	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0·71	12·65
Other suburbs ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	45,083	136	7	4	25	5	2	11	54	1·20	12·14
Wellington ..	40,220	75	4	2	12	6	..	9	33	0·82	12·03
Karori ..	1,038	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·76
Melrose ..	2,220	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·45	3·34
Onslow ..	1,313	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4·63
Totals Wellington and suburbs	44,791	85	4	2	12	6	..	10	34	0·76	11·25
Christchurch	17,257	31	1	..	5	1	..	8	15	0·87	13·15
Linwood ..	6,348	12	..	..	1	..	..	3	4	0·63	11·47
St. Albans	6,265	10	1	1	4	..	..	3	9	1·44	9·42
Sydenham	10,630	27	1	..	4	..	..	4	9	0·85	10·63
Woolston ..	2,228	4	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	0·45	9·30
Other suburbs ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	42,728	84	3	1	14	1	1	18	38	0·89	11·54
Dunedin ..	23,323	39	..	..	5	1	..	8	14	0·60	11·81
Caversham	4,829	7	..	..	3	1	..	1	5	1·04	15·59
Maori Hill	1,548	4	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	1·29	6·56
Mornington	3,787	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·04
North-east Valley	3,515	3	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·57	10·17
Roslyn ..	4,219	6	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·24	8·10
St. Kilda ..	1,294	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1·61
South Dunedin	4,762	7	..	..	1	..	..	4	5	1·05	9·46
West Harbour	1,395	5	..	..	1	..	..	3	4	2·87	5·05
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	48,672	76	..	..	12	2	..	19	33	0·68	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 381, against 414 in October—a decrease of 33. The deaths in November were 159—a decrease of 32 on the number in October. Of the total deaths, males contributed 84, females 75. Thirty-eight of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 23·90 per cent. of the whole number; 28 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 36 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Nine men, 65, 67 (three), 68, 69 (two), 72, 84, and four women, 76, 84, 88, 92, died at Auckland; one man, 70, and two women, 69, 80, at Wellington; three men, 65 (two), 87, and seven women, 65, 67, 68, 70, 77, 84, 90, at Christchurch; and four men, 68, 69, 73, 76, and six women, 65, 68, 69 (two), 75, 78, 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 November, 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.
	Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases	4	2	1	..	..	1	..	..	8	5·03
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·63
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·63
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	9	..	9	3	11	..	12	44	27·67
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	4	3	..	..	2	1	..	12	7·55
VI.	Local Diseases	8	17	3	12	2	14	..	16	72	45·28
VII.	Violence	..	4	1	1	..	4	..	1	11	6·92
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	4	..	4	..	1	..	1	..	10	6·29
	Totals	18	36	12	22	6	32	2	31	159	100·00