New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 64

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

July 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1397

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1900.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 1900.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 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	92	5	2	16	4	1	11	39	1·02	13·05
Birkenhead .. .. ..	780	6	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1·28	18·32
Devonport .. .. ..	3,430	6	..	..	3	..	1	2	6	1·73	7·41
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,170	4	..	..	2	..	1	1	4	1·84	7·48
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	3,331	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·21
Parnell .. .. ..	4,402	12	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11·00
Other suburbs* .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	52,513	125	5	2	21	4	3	15	50	0·95	12·00
Wellington .. .. ..	42,966	93	3	..	15	2	..	16	36	0·84	11·16
Karori .. .. ..	1,096	1	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	1·82	2·80
Melrose .. .. ..	2,400	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·94
Onslow .. .. ..	1,400	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	10·91
Totals Wellington and suburbs	47,862	101	3	..	17	2	..	16	38	0·79	10·86
Christchurch .. .. ..	18,500	27	3	..	5	3	..	4	15	0·81	12·57
Linwood .. .. ..	6,707	17	3	..	3	1	1	1	9	1·34	11·16
St. Albans .. .. ..	6,440	13	..	..	1	2	..	1	4	0·62	12·21
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,388	29	2	..	5	..	..	2	9	0·79	10·64
Woolston .. .. ..	2,305	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·99
Other suburbs* .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	45,340	92	8	..	14	6	1	8	37	0·82	11·54
Dunedin .. .. ..	23,560	54	1	..	15	3	..	16	35	1·49	13·47
Caversham .. .. ..	4,838	18	..	..	4	..	..	2	6	1·24	20·06
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,603	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·85
Mornington .. .. ..	3,854	7	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·52	8·60
North-east Valley .. .. ..	3,540	7	1	1	2	..	..	..	4	1·13	6·75
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,454	2	..	1	..	..	..	1	2	0·45	7·29
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,420	2	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	1·41	11·52
South Dunedin .. .. ..	5,158	15	1	..	..	..	..	3	4	0·78	10·95
West Harbour .. .. ..	1,364	4	1	1	..	..	..	..	2	1·47	6·51
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	49,791	114	4	3	22	3	..	25	57	1·14	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 432, against 396 in May—an increase of 36. The deaths in June were 182—an increase of 1 on the number in May. Of the total deaths, males contributed 99, females 83. Forty-four of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 24·18 per cent. of the whole number; 35 of these were under one year of age.

There were fifty-one deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Eight men, 65, 66 (two), 68, 76, 77, 87, 95, and five women, 67, 71, 75, 79 (two), died at Auckland; six men, 72; 73, 74, 76, 77. 82, and six women, 65, 70, 80, 83, 87 (two), at Wellington; six men, 66, 70, 71, 76, 77, 78, and three women, 68, 77, 84, at Christchurch; and eight men, 65, 68, 69, 72, 81, 84, 85, 86, and nine women, 66, 68 (two), 70, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 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 June, 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	6	2	..	2	1	2	4	2	19	10·44
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·55
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	8	..	11	..	5	..	14	38	20·88
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	3	2	2	4	1	4	4	21	11·54
VI.	Local Diseases ..	5	19	3	17	3	12	2	25	86	47·25
VII.	Violence ..	..	3	..	1	..	2	..	2	8	4·40
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	2	..	..	..	7	..	..	..	9	4·94
Totals ..		14	36	5	33	15	22	10	47	182	100·00