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✨ Vital Statistics

Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1907

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1900.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1900.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 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	78	3	1	14	3	..	11	32	0·83	13·05
Birkenhead .. .. ..	780	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	18·32
Devonport .. .. ..	3,430	11	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·41
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,170	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·48
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	3,331	6	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·30	7·21
Parnell .. .. ..	4,402	11	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	0·45	11·00
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	52,513	113	3	1	14	4	..	13	35	0·67	12·00
Wellington .. .. ..	42,966	98	5	1	10	1	..	10	27	0·63	11·16
Karori .. .. ..	1,096	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2·80
Melrose .. .. ..	2,400	5	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·42	8·94
Onslow .. .. ..	1,400	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	1·43	10·91
Totals Wellington and suburbs	47,862	104	5	1	11	2	..	11	30	0·63	10·86
Christchurch .. .. ..	18,500	32	3	..	2	2	1	7	15	0·81	12·57
Linwood .. .. ..	6,707	10	2	..	1	1	..	..	4	0·60	11·16
St. Albans .. .. ..	6,440	6	..	..	4	..	..	1	5	0·78	12·21
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,388	26	1	..	2	3	..	6	12	1·05	10·64
Woolston .. .. ..	2,305	7	1	..	1	..	..	2	4	1·74	6·99
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	45,340	81	7	..	10	6	1	16	40	0·88	11·54
Dunedin .. .. ..	23,560	44	2	1	10	2	1	11	27	1·15	13·47
Caversham .. .. ..	4,838	8	..	..	6	2	..	1	9	1·86	20·06
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,603	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·85
Mornington .. .. ..	3,854	7	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·52	8·60
North-east Valley .. ..	3,540	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·75
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,454	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·22	7·29
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,420	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·70	11·52
South Dunedin .. ..	5,158	13	..	..	3	1	..	..	4	0·78	10·95
West Harbour .. ..	1,364	2	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	1·47	6·51
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	49,791	85	2	1	22	5	2	14	46	0·92	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 383, against 454 in August—a decrease of 71. The deaths in September were 151—a decrease of 25 on the number in August. Of the total deaths, males contributed 77, females 74. Forty of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 26·49 per cent. of the whole number; 34 of these were under one year of age.

There were thirty-seven deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Six men, 66, 68, 71, 74, 80, 83, and three women, 66, 67, 75, died at Auckland; one man, 82, and two women, 72, 75, at Wellington; two men, 79, and six women, 67, 70, 82, 85 (two), 95, at Christchurch; and thirteen men, 65, 67, 68, 69 (three), 73, 75, 76 (two), 77, 80, 84, and four women, 68, 69, 70, 79, 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 September, 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	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	3	1·99
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	0·66
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	9	2	5	..	7	1	14	38	25·17
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	1	2	..	2	5	3	..	15	9·93
VI.	Local Diseases ..	3	14	3	15	9	13	4	19	80	52·98
VII.	Violence ..	..	2	1	2	..	1	..	2	8	5·30
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	2	..	..	..	3	..	1	..	6	3·97
	Totals ..	8	27	8	22	14	26	10	36	151	100·00