New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 69

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✨ Vital Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 69

Vital Statistics, July, 1899.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of July, 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 July, 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 JULY, 1899. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 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 89 7 .. 15 5 1 7 35 0·98 14·22
Birkenhead 749 2 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 1·34 6·68
Devonport 3,320 6 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·30 11·34
Newmarket 2,106 2 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·95 9·65
Newton .. 3,049 9 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·66 11·37
Parnell .. 4,327 11 2 .. .. .. .. 2 4 0·92 9·80
Other suburbs † .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs 49,221 119 9 .. 19 5 1 11 45 0·91 13·13
Wellington .. 42,512 71 5 .. 14 4 .. 6 29 0·68 12·51
Karori .. 1,050 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6·70
Melrose .. 2,295 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7·98
Onslow .. 1,350 4 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 2 1·48 6·01
Totals Wellington and suburbs 47,207 81 5 .. 15 5 .. 6 31 0·66 11·97
Christchurch .. 18,085 15 .. 1 6 1 .. 5 13 0·72 10·87
Linwood .. 6,553 14 1 1 2 1 .. 2 7 1·07 12·25
St. Albans 6,500 16 1 .. 4 .. 1 4 10 1·54 8·93
Sydenham 10,987 25 1 .. 5 1 1 5 13 1·18 9·99
Woolston .. 2,274 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11·99
Other suburbs † .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs 44,399 75 3 2 17 3 2 16 43 0·97 10·63
Dunedin .. 23,500 42 .. 1 14 3 2 12 32 1·36 12·73
Caversham 4,830 6 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 3 0·62 20·71
Maori Hill 1,608 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6·34
Mornington 3,825 3 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 0·52 8·15
North-east Valley .. 3,575 3 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·56 8·74
Roslyn .. 4,329 7 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·46 7·49
St. Kilda .. 1,359 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10·55
South Dunedin 5,066 8 .. 1 2 1 1 2 7 1·38 8·95
West Harbour 1,400 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8·58
Totals Dunedin and suburbs 49,492 72 .. 2 21 4 3 18 48 0·97 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 347, against 367 in June—a decrease of 20. The deaths in July were 167—an increase of 2 on the number in June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 93, females 74. Forty-four of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 26·35 per cent. of the whole number; 34 of these were under 1 year of age.

There were 43 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Six men, 65, 71, 75, 76, 78, 84, and four women, 69, 71, 72 (two), died at Auckland; three men, 72, 76, 79, and three women, 66, 69, 79, at Wellington; three men, 71, 72, 73, and eight women, 66, 68, 69 (two), 75, 79, 80, 83, at Christchurch; and ten men, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 (two), 74, 75, 82, 85, and six women, 69, 70, 72, 75, 81, 83, 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 July, 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 2 2 2 .. 1 3 2 .. 12 7·18
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .. 2 1·20
IV. Constitutional Diseases 1 6 2 8 .. 6 2 10 35 20·96
V. Developmental Diseases 4 4 4 1 .. 1 1 8 23 13·77
VI. Local Diseases 6 15 1 10 7 23 2 19 83 49·70
VII. Violence 1 3 1 1 1 .. .. 2 9 5·89
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 3 1·80
Totals 15 80 10 21 10 83 9 89 167 100·00


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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Mortality Rates, July 1899, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Boroughs, Population Estimates