New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 32

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

Vital Statistics, March, 1899.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of March, 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 March, 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 MARCH, 1899.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, March, 1899.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1898.
				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	105	15	2	14	6	3	12	52	1·46	14·22
Birkenhead		749	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·68
Devonport		3,320	6	..	..	..	1	1	..	2	0·60	11·34
Newmarket		2,106	3	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·95	9·65
Newton ..		3,049	8	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	0·66	11·37
Parnell ..		4,327	9	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·23	9·80
Other suburbs		†	†	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	..	49,221	132	17	2	16	7	4	13	59	1·20	13·13
Wellington ..		42,512	96	8	..	13	4	2	9	36	0·85	12·51
Karori ..		1,050	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·70
Melrose ..		2,295	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·98
Onslow ..		1,350	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·01
Totals Wellington and suburbs	..	47,207	110	8	..	13	4	2	9	36	0·76	11·97
Christchurch ..		18,085	32	7	1	10	2	..	9	29	1·60	10·87
Linwood ..		6,553	15	1	1	8	2	..	..	7	1·07	12·25
St. Albans		6,500	9	..	..	2	2	2	2	8	1·20	8·93
Sydenham ..		10,987	26	5	1	6	2	1	2	17	1·55	9·99
Woolston ..		2,274	5	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	0·88	11·99
Other suburbs		†	†	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	..	44,399	87	13	3	22	9	3	13	63	1·42	10·63
Dunedin ..		23,500	27	4	1	7	..	1	3	16	0·68	12·73
Caversham		4,830	12	..	..	3	2	..	1	6	1·24	20·71
Maori Hill		1,608	3	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·62	6·34
Mornington		3,825	6	1	..	..	1	..	..	2	0·52	8·15
North-east Valley ..		3,575	10	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0·84	8·74
Roslyn ..		4,329	11	1	..	1	..	..	2	4	0·92	7·49
St. Kilda ..		1,359	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·74	10·55
South Dunedin		5,066	11	..	1	1	1	..	..	3	0·59	8·95
West Harbour		1,400	4	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	1·43	8·58
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	..	49,492	85	6	2	15	4	1	10	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 414, against 412 in February—an increase of 2. The deaths in March were 196—a decrease of 2 on the number in February. Of the total deaths, males contributed 117, females 79. Eighty-five of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 43·37 per cent. of the whole number; 68 of these were under 1 year of age.

There were 35 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Five men, 65, 66, 68, 76, 82, and two women, 70, 74, died at Auckland; three men, 65, 79, 84, and two women, 73, 85, at Wellington; nine men, 66 (two), 69, 72, 74, 75, 78, 79, 80, and four women, 69, 71, 76, 94, at Christchurch; and seven men, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 75, 81, and three women, 74, 76, 85, 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 March, 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.
I.	Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases	10	3	3	2	16	4
II.	Parasitic Diseases	1	..	..	..	..	1
III.	Dietetic Diseases	1	..	..	1	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	3	9	2	6	4	9
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	1	2	2	2	4
VI.	Local Diseases	7	14	5	11	4	15
VII.	Violence	..	2	..	..	..	2
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	8	..	2	..	2	..
	Totals	30	29	14	22	28	35