New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 16

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

Vital Statistics, January, 1900.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the month of January, 1900:—

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 January, 1900.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1900.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JANUARY, 1900.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1900.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1899.
			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 ..	*38,400	98	11	2	18	6	3	16	56	1·46	13·05
Birkenhead ..	780	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	18·32
Devonport ..	3,430	9	..	..	1	1	1	3	6	1·73	7·41
Newmarket ..	2,170	5	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·46	7·48
Grey Lynn ..	3,331	12	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	0·60	7·21
Parnell ..	4,402	9	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·23	11·00
Other suburbs† ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	52,513	138	12	2	20	7	4	21	66	1·26	12·00
Wellington ..	42,966	95	7	..	11	1	..	11	30	0·70	11·16
Karori ..	1,096	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2·80
Melrose ..	2,400	7	..	..	1	1	..	2	4	1·67	8·94
Onslow ..	1,400	7	3	..	..	..	..	1	4	2·86	10·91
Totals Wellington and suburbs	47,862	110	10	..	12	2	..	14	38	0·79	10·86
Christchurch ..	*18,500	37	5	3	5	2	1	10	26	1·40	12·57
Linwood ..	6,707	21	1	..	3	..	..	5	9	1·34	11·16
St. Albans ..	6,440	14	..	1	1	..	..	1	3	0·47	12·21
Sydenham ..	11,388	23	..	1	6	1	..	3	11	0·97	10·64
Woolston ..	2,305	8	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	0·87	6·99
Other suburbs† ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	45,340	103	7	5	15	3	1	20	51	1·12	11·54
Dunedin ..	23,560	37	4	1	11	1	..	13	30	1·27	13·47
Caversham ..	4,838	6	..	..	4	2	..	3	9	1·86	20·06
Maori Hill ..	1,603	2	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	1·87	6·85
Mornington ..	3,854	11	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·52	8·60
North-east Valley ..	3,540	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·75
Roslyn ..	4,454	9	1	..	1	..	..	3	5	1·12	7·29
St. Kilda ..	1,420	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11·52
South Dunedin ..	5,158	14	2	..	2	..	..	5	9	1·74	10·95
West Harbour ..	1,364	2	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	1·47	6·51
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	49,791	94	7	1	20	4	..	28	60	1·21	11·99

Subject to revision. † 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 445, against 363 in December—an increase of 82. The deaths in January were 215—a decrease of 2 on the number in December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 111, females 104. Sixty five of the deaths were of children under 5 years of age, being 30·23 per cent. of the whole number; 52 of these were under 1 year of age.

There were 45 deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Two men, 68, 74, and seven women, 68, 69, 76, 78 (three), 80, died at Auckland; two men, 69, 74, and six women, 68, 69, 70 (two), 72, 98, at Wellington; five men, 67, 71, 73, 77, 81, and seven women, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 75, 85, at Christchurch; and seven men, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 77, 80, and nine women, 65 (two), 68, 70, 71, 72, 76 (two), 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 January, 1900.

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	9	6	1	4	4	1	1	5	31	14·42
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	0·93
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	13	47	21·86
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	12	..	10	1	11	..	13	18	8·37
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	1	4	..	4	3	5	..	93	43·25
VI.	Local Diseases	8	15	2	11	6	19	6	26	13	6·05
VII.	Violence	1	7	1	..	..	1	..	3	11	5·12
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	6	..	4	..	1	..	..	..	..	..
	Totals	25	41	12	26	16	35	12	48	215	100·00