New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 29

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 29

Vital Statistics, February, 1899.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Chief Towns of New Zealand for the month of February, 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 February, 1899.

BOROUGHS.	Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, Census, April, 1896.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1899.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1899.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1899.
				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 ..		*35,670	76	5	5	13	3	2	13	41	1·15	14·22
Birkenhead ..		749	2	2	..	..	..	..	1	3	4·01	6·68
Devonport ..		3,320	9	..	1	..	..	..	1	2	0·60	11·34
Newmarket ..		2,106	6	1	1	..	..	..	..	2	0·95	9·65
Newton ..		3,049	6	1	..	2	..	1	..	4	1·31	11·37
Parnell ..		4,327	12	1	..	1	1	1	2	6	1·89	9·80
Other suburbs ..		†	†	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	57,616	49,221	111	10	7	16	4	4	17	58	1·18	13·13
Wellington ..		42,512	114	3	2	14	5	..	8	32	0·75	12·51
Karori ..		1,050	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·95	6·70
Melrose ..		2,295	10	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·44	7·98
Onslow ..		1,350	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·01
Totals Wellington and suburbs	41,758	47,207	127	4	2	14	5	..	9	34	0·72	11·97
Christchurch ..		18,085	31	12	2	6	8	1	5	34	1·88	10·87
Linwood ..		6,553	17	4	..	..	..	..	2	6	0·92	12·25
St. Albans ..		6,500	16	1	..	..	3	..	2	6	0·92	8·93
Sydenham ..		10,987	25	6	..	3	6	2	..	17	1·55	9·99
Woolston ..		2,274	5	2	1	..	..	..	2	5	2·20	11·99
Other suburbs ..		†	†	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	51,330	44,399	94	25	3	9	17	3	11	68	1·53	10·63
Dunedin ..		23,500	31	1	..	12	4	..	5	22	0·94	12·73
Caversham ..		4,830	7	1	..	2	2	..	..	5	1·04	20·71
Maori Hill ..		1,608	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·34
Mornington ..		3,825	9	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	0·52	8·15
North-east Valley ..		3,575	6	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·84	8·74
Roslyn ..		4,329	6	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·23	7·49
St. Kilda ..		1,359	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·74	10·55
South Dunedin ..		5,066	15	..	..	1	..	1	2	4	0·79	8·95
West Harbour ..		1,400	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·58
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	47,280	49,492	80	2	..	16	7	1	12	38	0·77	11·65

*Subject to revision; 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 412, against 368 in January—an increase of 44. The deaths in February were 198—a decrease of 4 on the number in January. Of the total deaths, males contributed 108, females 90. Ninety-four of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 47·47 per cent. of the whole number; 74 of these were under 1 year of age.

There were 33 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Four men, 65, 66, 69, 75, and four women, 67 (two), 71, 79, died at Auckland; four men, 70, 73, 78, 81, and two women, 65, 70, at Wellington; four men, 65, 68, 77, 80, and four women, 77, 79, 83 (two), at Christchurch; and nine men, 70, 72, 74 (two), 75, 79, 80, 90, 95, and two women, 74, 79, 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 in each Class, in the Boroughs above given, registered during the Month of February, 1899.

No.	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	15	2	..	2	26	4	3	3	55	27·78
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	1·01
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	..	3	..	2	..	5	2·52
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	2	11	..	5	4	5	1	5	33	16·67
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	2	3	1	4	4	1	2	19	9·60
VI.	Local Diseases	5	15	4	14	7	5	1	17	68	34·34
VII.	Violence	..	2	..	1	2	2	..	..	7	3·53
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	..	4	..	2	..	2	..	9	4·55
	Totals	25	33	11	23	48	20	10	28	198	100·00