New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 95

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

Nov. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2101

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1900.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 1900.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, October, 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	102	5	..	17	3	2	9	36	0·94	13·05
Birkenhead .. .. ..	780	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	18·32
Devonport .. .. ..	3,430	6	..	..	3	..	..	..	3	0·87	7·41
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,170	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·48
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	3,331	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·21
Parnell .. .. ..	4,402	7	1	1	1	..	..	5	8	1·82	11·00
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	52,513	128	6	1	21	3	2	14	47	0·90	12·00
Wellington .. .. ..	42,966	117	7	..	15	3	..	16	41	0·95	11·16
Karori .. .. ..	1,096	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2·80
Melrose .. .. ..	2,400	4	..	..	..	1	1	..	2	0·83	8·94
Onslow .. .. ..	1,400	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·71	10·91
Totals Wellington and suburbs	47,862	124	7	..	15	4	1	17	44	0·92	10·86
Christchurch .. .. ..	18,500	32	1	1	3	..	..	7	12	0·65	12·57
Linwood .. .. ..	6,707	12	..	1	3	..	1	1	6	0·89	11·16
St. Albans .. .. ..	6,440	13	..	..	..	1	..	2	3	0·47	12·21
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,388	28	1	1	6	..	..	5	13	1·14	10·64
Woolston .. .. ..	2,305	10	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·43	6·99
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	45,340	95	2	3	12	2	1	15	35	0·77	11·54
Dunedin .. .. ..	23,560	44	1	..	9	1	..	14	25	1·06	13·47
Caversham .. .. ..	4,838	10	2	..	6	1	..	2	11	2·27	20·06
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,603	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·85
Mornington .. .. ..	3,854	6	2	..	1	..	..	2	5	1·30	8·60
North-east Valley .. ..	3,540	5	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·57	6·75
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,454	4	..	..	1	..	1	2	4	0·90	7·29
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,420	4	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·70	11·52
South Dunedin .. ..	5,158	13	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0·58	10·95
West Harbour .. ..	1,364	2	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·73	6·51
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	49,791	92	5	..	20	3	1	23	52	1·04	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 439, against 383 in September—an increase of 56. The deaths in October were 178—an increase of 27 on the number in September. Of the total deaths, males contributed 92, females 86. Forty-one of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 23·05 per cent. of the whole number; 32 of these were under one year of age.

There were forty-five deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Seven men, 67, 68, 69 (two), 72 (two), 79, and four women, 71, 72, 78 (two), died at Auckland; four men, 65 (two), 76, 82, and three women, 66 (two), 67, at Wellington; five men, 65, 66, 68, 69, 81, and six women, 66, 67, 68, 77, 87, 91, at Christchurch; and eight men, 65 (three), 67, 72, 75, 77, 87, and eight women, 68 (two), 71 (three), 73, 76, 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 October, 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	..	3	1	11	6·18
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	2	..	1	..	1	..	..	4	2·25
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	9	1	11	..	8	1	13	44	24·72
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	11	6·18
VI.	Local Diseases ..	5	20	6	16	4	14	2	22	89	50·00
VII.	Violence .. ..	..	1	1	2	2	2	..	5	13	7·30
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	4	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	6	3·37
	Totals ..	12	35	12	32	8	27	9	43	178	100·00