New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 16

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

Vital Statistics, January, 1899.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of January, 1899:—

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 January, 1899.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1899.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JANUARY, 1899.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1899.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population 1886 in the Year 1886.
			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 ..	*35,670	90	13	4	15	2	2	10	46	1·29	14·22
Birkenhead	749	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·68
Devonport	3,320	9	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·60	11·34
Newmarket	2,106	5	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·47	9·65
Newton ..	3,049	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11·37
Parnell ..	4,327	8	3	..	2	1	..	..	6	1·39	9·80
Other suburbs	†	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	49,221	118	16	4	19	4	2	10	55	1·12	13·13
Wellington ..	*42,280	74	8	2	10	7	..	11	38	0·90	12·51
Karori ..	1,050	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·70
Melrose ..	2,295	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·98
Onslow ..	1,350	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·01
Totals Wellington and suburbs	46,975	89	8	2	10	7	..	11	38	0·81	11·97
Christchurch	18,085	24	5	1	8	7	1	6	28	1·55	10·87
Linwood ..	6,553	17	2	1	..	..	..	3	6	0·92	12·25
St. Albans	6,500	9	2	..	3	2	..	..	7	1·08	8·93
Sydenham	10,987	18	3	..	8	..	1	3	15	1·37	9·99
Woolston ..	2,274	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·44	11·99
Other suburbs	†	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	44,399	69	12	2	19	10	2	12	57	1·28	10·63
Dunedin ..	23,500	48	..	1	13	2	..	16	32	1·36	12·73
Caversham	4,830	10	1	..	5	..	..	2	8	1·66	20·71
Maori Hill	1,608	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·62	6·34
Mornington	3,825	8	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·79	8·15
North-east Valley	3,575	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·74
Roslyn ..	4,329	4	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	0·46	7·49
St. Kilda ..	1,359	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	1·47	10·55
South Dunedin	5,066	7	1	..	..	1	..	2	4	0·79	8·95
West Harbour	1,400	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·58
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	49,492	92	3	1	19	4	..	25	52	1·05	11·65

Subject to revision. In case of Auckland no data for calculation supplied.
† 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 368, against 402 in December—a decrease of 34. The deaths in January were 202—an increase of 6 on the number in December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 115, females 87. Seventy-seven of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 38·12 per cent. of the whole number; 64 of these were under 1 year of age. There were 34 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Seven men, 66, 67 (two), 70, 72, 74, 75, and three women, 66, 67, 79, died at Auckland; two men, 72, 74, and two women, 75, 76, at Wellington; eight men, 65, 68, 69 (two), 71, 75 (two), 77, and three women, 70, 72, 82, at Christchurch; and four men, 68, 71, 77, 88, and five women, 65, 70 (two), 75, 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 January, 1899.

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	10	2	5	1	15	5	1	1	40	19·80
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	3	..	1	..	1	..	..	1	6	2·97
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	15	..	6	4	12	..	16	54	26·73
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	1	2	1	..	1	2	2	9	4·46
VI.	Local Diseases	7	9	6	9	4	13	5	22	75	37·13
VII.	Violence	1	2	..	3	..	..	..	2	8	3·96
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	4	..	3	1	2	..	..	..	10	4·95
	Totals	26	29	17	21	26	31	8	44	202	100·00