New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 79

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✨ Vital Statistics

SEPT. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1713

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1900.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1900.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 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	98	3	1	13	4	1	16	38	0·99	13·05
Birkenhead .. .. ..	780	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	18·32
Devonport .. .. ..	3,430	10	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·29	7·41
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,170	2	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·92	7·48
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	3,331	10	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·30	7·21
Parnell .. .. ..	4,402	11	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11·00
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	52,513	131	3	1	15	4	1	18	42	0·80	12·00
Wellington .. .. ..	42,966	108	2	2	20	2	..	7	33	0·77	11·16
Karori .. .. ..	1,096	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2·80
Melrose .. .. ..	2,400	7	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	0·42	8·94
Onslow .. .. ..	1,400	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·71	10·91
Totals Wellington and suburbs	47,862	118	2	2	20	3	..	8	35	0·73	10·86
Christchurch .. .. ..	18,500	36	..	..	6	3	1	6	16	0·86	12·57
Linwood .. .. ..	6,707	18	2	..	1	..	1	5	9	1·34	11·16
St. Albans .. .. ..	6,440	14	2	..	2	1	..	3	8	1·24	12·21
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,388	30	3	1	5	..	..	3	12	1·05	10·64
Woolston .. .. ..	2,305	8	..	1	1	1	..	2	5	2·17	6·99
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	45,340	106	7	2	15	5	2	19	50	1·10	11·54
Dunedin .. .. ..	23,560	56	1	..	11	2	..	12	26	1·10	13·47
Caversham .. .. ..	4,838	7	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·62	20·06
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,603	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·62	6·85
Mornington .. .. ..	3,854	7	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·52	8·60
North-east Valley .. ..	3,540	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·28	6·75
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,454	6	..	..	3	..	..	2	5	1·12	7·29
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,420	2	..	..	..	..	..	3	3	2·11	11·52
South Dunedin .. ..	5,158	12	1	1	2	1	..	3	8	1·55	10·95
West Harbour .. ..	1,364	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·51
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	49,791	99	2	2	19	3	..	23	49	0·98	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 454, against 367 in July—an increase of 87. The deaths in August were 176—an increase of 2 on the number in July. Of the total deaths, males contributed 90, females 86. Thirty-nine of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 22·16 per cent. of the whole number; 29 of these were under one year of age.

There were fifty-three deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Six men, 72, 73, 74, 77, 81, 83, and nine women, 66, 67, 68, 72 (two), 75, 79, 82, 83, died at Auckland; five men, 68, 70 (two), 71, 80, and five women, 69, 71, 74, 75, 76, at Wellington; four men, 67, 72, 74, 81, and seven women, 65, 68, 69, 72, 74, 81, 86, at Christchurch; and nine men, 66, 67, 70 (two), 72, 75, 76, 78, 81, and eight women, 65, 68, 70, 72 (two), 73, 76, 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 August, 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	2	..	2	1	..	1	..	1	7	3·98
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·57
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	3	1·70
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	9	1	9	..	9	1	11	40	22·73
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	2	1	3	4	3	1	..	15	8·52
VI.	Local Diseases ..	4	20	1	14	11	18	3	28	99	56·25
VII.	Violence ..	..	2	1	..	..	2	1	..	6	3·41
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	2	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	5	2·84
	Totals ..	9	33	7	28	16	34	7	42	176	100·00