New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 34

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

APRIL 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 801

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of March, 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 March, 1900.

BOROUGHS.	Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, Census, April, 1896.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1900.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN MARCH, 1900.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, March, 1900.
				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	90	16	2	16	11	1	7	53	1·38	13·05
Birkenhead		780	6	..	..	1	..	..	2	1	1·28	18·32
Devonport		3,430	5	1	..	..	..	..	..	3	0·87	7·41
Newmarket		2,170	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·48
Grey Lynn		3,331	11	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	0·30	7·21
Parnell ..		4,402	8	..	..	1	..	1	1	3	0·68	11·00
Other suburbs*		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	..	52,513	125	17	2	18	12	2	10	61	1·16	12·00
Wellington ..		42,966	85	1	..	24	6	..	9	40	0·93	11·16
Karori ..		1,096	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2·80
Melrose ..		2,400	10	1	..	1	..	..	1	3	1·25	8·94
Onslow ..		1,400	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	10·91
Totals Wellington and suburbs	..	47,862	95	2	..	25	6	..	10	43	0·90	10·86
Christchurch		18,500	48	3	..	6	2	1	1	13	0·70	12·57
Linwood ..		6,707	17	..	..	3	..	..	4	7	1·04	11·16
St. Albans		6,440	18	2	..	1	1	..	..	4	0·62	12·21
Sydenham		11,388	34	1	..	5	1	..	3	10	0·88	10·64
Woolston ..		2,305	3	..	..	1	1	..	1	3	1·30	6·99
Other suburbs*		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	..	45,340	115	6	..	16	5	1	9	37	0·82	11·54
Dunedin ..		23,560	42	..	..	13	1	..	7	21	0·89	13·47
Caversham		4,838	12	..	..	9	..	..	..	9	1·86	20·06
Maori Hill		1,603	3	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·62	6·85
Mornington		3,854	4	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0·78	8·60
North-east Valley ..		3,540	8	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·57	6·75
Roslyn ..		4,454	10	1	..	3	..	..	2	6	1·35	7·29
St. Kilda ..		1,420	5	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·70	11·52
South Dunedin		5,158	7	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·19	10·95
West Harbour		1,364	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·51
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	..	49,791	92	1	..	29	1	..	13	44	0·88	11·99

*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 427, against 367 in February—an increase of 60. The deaths in March were 185—an increase of 29 on the number in February. Of the total deaths, males contributed 116, females 69. Fifty-five of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 29·73 per cent. of the whole number; 50 of these were under one year of age.

There were thirty-one deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Four men, 65, 70, 78, 89, and six women, 70, 75 (two), 80, 81, 84, died at Auckland; five men, 65, 66, 69 (two), 70, and two women, 72, 88, at Wellington; two men, 66, 90, and one woman, 79, at Christchurch; and eight men, 67, 70, 71, 73 (two), 75, 76, 80, and three women, 66, 74, 78, 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, 1900.

CLASSES.	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	14	3	2	2	4	2	1	2	30	16·22
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	1·08
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	8	..	6	..	5	..	11	30	16·22
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	1	2	..	2	1	1	1	8	4·32
VI.	Local Diseases	12	14	2	24	5	14	..	23	94	50·81
VII.	Violence	..	2	1	3	..	2	..	4	12	6·49
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	7	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	9	4·86
	Totals	33	28	8	35	12	25	2	42	185	100·00