New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 62

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✨ Vital Statistics

JULY 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1341

Vital Statistics, June, 1899.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of June, 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 June, 1899.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1899.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 1899.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 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	75	2	1	15	5	3	9	35	0·98	14·22
Birkenhead	749	3	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1·34	6·68
Devonport	3,320	6	1	..	2	..	..	4	7	2·11	11·34
Newmarket	2,106	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·47	9·65
Newton ..	3,049	3	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·66	11·37
Parnell ..	4,327	17	..	..	1	1	..	1	3	0·69	9·80
Other suburbs	†	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	49,221	105	3	1	21	6	3	15	49	0·99	13·13
Wellington ..	42,512	82	4	..	25	4	..	12	45	1·06	12·51
Karori	1,050	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·70
Melrose	2,295	9	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·44	7·98
Onslow ..	1,350	3	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·74	6·01
Totals Wellington and suburbs	47,207	97	4	..	25	6	..	12	47	0·99	11·97
Christchurch	18,085	22	1	..	3	..	1	3	8	0·44	10·87
Linwood ..	6,553	13	2	..	2	1	..	1	6	0·92	12·25
St. Albans	6,500	10	1	..	2	..	1	..	4	0·62	8·93
Sydenham	10,987	21	1	..	3	..	..	3	7	0·64	9·99
Woolston ..	2,274	8	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·44	11·99
Other suburbs	†	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	44,399	74	5	..	11	1	2	7	26	0·59	10·63
Dunedin ..	23,500	43	4	..	2	2	..	16	24	1·02	12·73
Caversham	4,830	8	1	..	2	..	..	2	5	1·04	20·71
Maori Hill	1,608	3	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·62	6·34
Mornington	3,825	10	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·26	8·15
North-east Valley ..	3,575	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·74
Roslyn ..	4,329	3	..	..	3	..	..	4	7	1·62	7·49
St. Kilda ..	1,359	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	10·55
South Dunedin	5,066	15	2	..	3	..	..	..	5	0·99	8·95
West Harbour	1,400	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·58
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	49,492	91	8	..	11	2	..	22	43	0·87	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 367, against 387 in May—a decrease of 20. The deaths in June were 165—a decrease of 35 on the number in May. Of the total deaths, males contributed 89, females 76. Forty-one of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 24·85 per cent. of the whole number; 35 of these were under 1 year of age.

There were 36 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Seven men, 65, 70, 71, 86, 88 (three), and six women, 69, 73, 75, 79, 81, 90, died at Auckland; seven men, 65, 70, 71, 76, 77 (two), 85, and one woman, 67, at Wellington; two men, 79, 87, and two women, 77, 83, at Christchurch; and five men, 66, 68, 76, 77 (two), and six women, 65 (two), 66, 67, 68, 74, 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 June, 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	5	5	1	1	3	..	1	1	17	10·30
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·60
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	2	3	1·82
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	7	..	12	..	9	1	9	39	23·54
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	3	5	3	..	1	3	..	15	9·09
VI.	Local Diseases	6	19	4	18	4	7	4	21	83	50·31
VII.	Violence	1	2	..	1	..	1	..	..	5	3·03
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	2	1·21
	Totals	13	36	10	37	8	18	10	33	165	100·00