New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 53

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

June 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1207

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of May, 1900:—

RETURNS 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 May, 1900.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1900.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN MAY, 1900.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, May, 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	73	13	..	9	4	1	10	37	0·96	18·05
Birkenhead .. .. ..	780	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	18·32
Devonport .. .. ..	3,430	8	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·29	7·41
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,170	3	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	0·92	7·48
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	3,331	5	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0·90	7·21
Parnell .. .. ..	4,402	5	1	..	..	3	..	2	6	1·36	11·00
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	52,513	96	14	1	13	7	1	13	49	0·93	12·00
Wellington .. .. ..	42,966	103	1	3	18	5	..	15	42	0·98	11·16
Karori .. .. ..	1,096	3	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·91	2·80
Melrose .. .. ..	2,400	6	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·42	8·94
Onslow .. .. ..	1,400	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	10·91
Totals Wellington and suburbs	47,862	113	1	3	18	7	..	15	44	0·92	10·86
Christchurch .. .. ..	18,500	52	3	..	7	4	..	8	22	1·19	12·57
Linwood .. .. ..	6,707	12	..	..	2	2	..	4	8	1·19	11·16
St. Albans .. .. ..	6,440	10	1	..	2	..	..	2	5	0·78	12·21
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,388	29	2	..	1	1	..	6	10	0·88	10·64
Woolston .. .. ..	2,305	2	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·87	6·99
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	45,340	105	6	..	13	7	..	21	47	1·04	11·54
Dunedin .. .. ..	23,560	34	3	..	9	1	1	7	21	0·89	13·47
Caversham .. .. ..	4,838	10	..	..	5	..	..	3	8	1·65	20·06
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,603	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·85
Mornington .. .. ..	3,854	5	..	..	3	..	..	..	3	0·78	8·60
North-east Valley .. ..	3,540	7	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	0·57	6·75
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,454	7	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·45	7·29
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,420	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11·52
South Dunedin .. ..	5,158	9	..	..	1	1	..	2	4	0·78	10·95
West Harbour .. ..	1,364	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·73	6·51
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	49,791	82	3	1	22	2	1	12	41	0·82	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 396, against 367 in April—an increase of 29. The deaths in May were 181—a decrease of 8 on the number in April. Of the total deaths, males contributed 95, females 86. Fifty-four of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 29·83 per cent. of the whole number; 47 of these were under one year of age.

There were forty-five deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Four men, 66 (two), 71, 84, and four women, 66, 70 (two), 77, died at Auckland; four men, 65, 68, 69, 70, and three women, 66, 70, 71, at Wellington; five men, 69, 70 (two), 81, 85, and eleven women, 65 (two), 67, 68, 70, 71, 74, 76, 78 (two), 88, at Christchurch; and eleven men, 68, 69, 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 88, 89, and three women, 66, 68, 87, 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 May, 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	5	2	1	2	1	3	1	1	16	8·84
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	1·66
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	3	4	2	15	1	8	1	9	43	23·76
V.	Developmental Diseases	3	..	1	3	3	4	1	2	17	9·39
VI.	Local Diseases ..	6	16	5	11	3	18	4	19	82	45·30
VII.	Violence .. ..	..	3	..	2	..	..	..	3	8	4·42
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	3	1	2	..	5	1	..	..	12	6·63
	Totals ..	23	26	11	33	13	34	7	34	181	100·00