New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 43

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✨ Vital Statistics

MAY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1001

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of April, 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 April, 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 APRIL, 1900.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1900.
				Males.			Females.
				Under 1 Year.	1&under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Under 1 Year.	1&under 5 Years.	5 Years and over.	Total Deaths.
Auckland ..		38,400	91	10	1	13	12	2	10	48	1·25	13·05
Birkenhead ..		780	6	2	..	1	..	..	..	3	3·85	18·32
Devonport ..		3,430	5	1	..	..	1	..	2	4	1·77	7·41
Newmarket ..		2,170	5	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	0·92	7·48
Grey Lynn ..		3,331	6	1	..	..	2	..	1	4	1·20	7·21
Parnell ..		4,402	5	2	..	..	2	1	2	7	1·59	11·00
Other suburbs* ..		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	57,616	52,513	118	17	1	15	17	3	15	68	1·30	12·00
Wellington ..		42,966	72	1	1	12	3	1	15	33	0·77	11·16
Karori ..		1,096	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2·80
Melrose ..		2,400	6	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·42	8·94
Onslow ..		1,400	5	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	1·43	10·91
Totals Wellington and suburbs	41,758	47,862	83	2	1	12	3	1	17	36	0·75	10·86
Christchurch ..		18,500	31	2	..	9	1	1	8	21	1·14	12·57
Linwood ..		6,707	12	2	..	4	1	..	3	10	1·49	11·16
St. Albans ..		6,440	13	..	1	3	1	..	2	7	1·09	12·21
Sydenham ..		11,388	26	1	..	2	..	..	1	4	0·35	10·64
Woolston ..		2,305	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·43	6·99
Other suburbs* ..		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	51,330	45,340	86	5	1	18	3	1	15	43	0·95	11·54
Dunedin ..		23,560	40	1	1	4	..	..	9	15	0·64	13·47
Caversham ..		4,838	11	2	1	7	1	..	3	14	2·27	20·06
Maori Hill ..		1,603	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·85
Mornington ..		3,854	6	..	..	1	1	..	1	3	0·78	8·60
North-east Valley ..		3,540	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	0·28	6·75
Roslyn ..		4,454	7	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·22	7·29
St. Kilda ..		1,420	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11·52
South Dunedin ..		5,158	10	..	..	2	2	..	3	7	1·36	10·95
West Harbour ..		1,364	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·73	6·51
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	47,280	49,791	80	3	2	16	4	1	16	42	0·84	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 367, against 427 in March—a decrease of 60. The deaths in April were 189—an increase of 4 on the number in March. Of the total deaths, males contributed 93, females 96. Sixty-five of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 34·39 per cent. of the whole number; 54 of these were under one year of age.

There were forty-four deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Four men, 68, 72, 75, 77, and four women, 65, 73, 87, 88, died at Auckland; two men, 67, 84, and six women, 65, 72, 75 (two), 78, 91, at Wellington; seven men, 66, 67 (two), 69 (two), 82, 84, and six women, 66, 68, 69, 76, 80, 85, at Christchurch; and eight men, 65, 66 (two), 67, 70, 72, 73, 90, and seven women, 67, 68 (two), 70, 71, 73, 77, 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 April, 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	15	2	2	4	1	2	3	2	31	16·40
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·53
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	9	..	9	..	9	1	7	36	19·05
V.	Developmental Diseases	5	4	..	1	1	2	2	..	15	7·94
VI.	Local Diseases	11	11	4	14	7	16	3	21	87	46·03
VII.	Violence	1	4	..	..	1	4	..	1	11	5·82
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	5	..	1	..	..	..	1	1	8	4·23
	Totals	38	30	7	29	10	33	10	32	189	100·00