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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Vital Statistics, May, 1899.
REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of May, 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 May, 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 MAY, 1899. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, May, 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 | 79 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 1·74 | 14·22 | ||
| Birkenhead | 749 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1·34 | 6·68 | ||
| Devonport | 3,320 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·30 | 11·84 | ||
| Newmarket | 2,106 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1·42 | 9·65 | ||
| Newton .. | 3,049 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·33 | 11·87 | ||
| Parnell .. | 4,327 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1·39 | 9·80 | ||
| Other suburbs | † | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs | 49,221 | 106 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 74 | 1·50 | 13·18 | ||
| Wellington .. | 42,512 | 88 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 0·87 | 12·51 | ||
| Karori .. | 1,050 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6·70 | ||
| Melrose .. | 2,295 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0·44 | 7·98 | ||
| Onslow .. | 1,350 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 0·74 | 6·01 | ||
| Totals Wellington and suburbs | 47,207 | 105 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 0·83 | 11·97 | ||
| Christchurch | 18,085 | 38 | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | .. | 5 | *16 | 0·88 | 10·87 | ||
| Linwood .. | 6,553 | 9 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 0·61 | 12·25 | ||
| St. Albans | 6,500 | 15 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0·77 | 8·93 | ||
| Sydenham | 10,987 | 13 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0·82 | 9·99 | ||
| Woolston .. | 2,274 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 0·44 | 11·99 | ||
| Other suburbs | † | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs | 44,399 | 77 | 1 | .. | 14 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 0·79 | 10·63 | ||
| Dunedin .. | 23,500 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | .. | 6 | 23 | 0·98 | 12·73 | ||
| Caversham | 4,830 | 13 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2·28 | 20·71 | ||
| Maori Hill | 1,608 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6·34 | ||
| Mornington | 3,825 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1·05 | 8·15 | ||
| North-east Valley .. | 3,575 | 9 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 0·84 | 8·74 | ||
| Roslyn .. | 4,329 | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0·46 | 7·49 | ||
| St. Kilda .. | 1,359 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1·47 | 10·55 | ||
| South Dunedin | 5,066 | 9 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 1·18 | 8·95 | ||
| West Harbour | 1,400 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0·71 | 8·58 | ||
| Totals Dunedin and suburbs | 49,492 | 99 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 52 | 1·05 | 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 387, against 350 in April—an increase of 37. The deaths in May were 200—an increase of 22 on the number in April. Of the total deaths, males contributed 112, females 88. Eighty-two of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 41 per cent. of the whole number; 60 of these were under 1 year of age.
There were 35 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Six men, 67, 72, 73, 78, 81, 85, and one woman, 78, died at Auckland; five men, 68, 73, 74, 80, 84, and five women, 68, 69, 78, 84, 86, at Wellington; six men, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 87, and two women, 77 (two), at Christchurch; and nine men, 66 (three), 70, 72, 77, 78, 83, 88, and one woman, 73, 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 May, 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 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 20·00 |
| II. | Parasitic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| III. | Dietetic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1·50 |
| IV. | Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | .. | 8 | .. | 10 | 37 | 18·50 |
| V. | Developmental Diseases | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10·50 |
| VI. | Local Diseases | 17 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 80 | 40·00 |
| VII. | Violence | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4·50 |
| VIII. | Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 10 | 5·00 |
| Totals | 40 | 34 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 37 | 200 | 100·00 |
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