New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 100

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 100

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of October, 1901:—

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, 1901.

BOROUGHS.	POPULATION. (Census, March, 1901.)	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 1901.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, October, 1901.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 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 .. .. ..	34,213	105	8	1	24	1	..	13	47	1·37	13·69
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,057	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	1·89	9·04
Devonport .. .. ..	3,823	4	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·26	9·42
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,060	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·86
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	4,110	16	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·24	4·16
Parnell .. .. ..	4,566	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·18
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	49,829	138	10	1	25	2	..	13	51	1·02	11·81
Wellington .. .. ..	43,638	91	5	..	15	3	..	12	35	0·80	9·17
Karori .. .. ..	1,212	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·83	4·49
Melrose .. .. ..	2,995	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·18
Onslow .. .. ..	1,499	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·72
Totals Wellington and suburbs	49,344	106	5	..	15	3	..	13	36	0·73	8·91
Christchurch .. .. ..	17,538	33	2	..	6	1	..	7	16	0·91	10·62
Linwood .. .. ..	6,737	14	..	..	1	..	1	6	8	1·19	13·37
St. Albans .. .. ..	6,607	9	..	..	2	1	..	..	3	0·45	8·70
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,404	28	2	..	3	..	1	1	7	0·61	10·38
Woolston .. .. ..	2,532	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·39	12·98
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	44,818	86	5	..	12	2	2	14	35	0·78	10·81
Dunedin .. .. ..	24,879	46	1	1	16	1	1	14	34	1·37	12·25
Caversham .. .. ..	5,266	19	..	1	8	1	..	2	12	2·28	18·33
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,550	4	1	..	1	..	..	1	3	1·94	6·13
Mornington .. .. ..	4,008	14	2	..	..	1	..	1	4	1·00	8·57
North-east Valley .. ..	3,527	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·97
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,632	10	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·65	8·44
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,700	3	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	1·18	7·54
South Dunedin .. ..	5,363	16	..	..	2	1	..	..	3	0·56	11·55
West Harbour .. ..	1,465	6	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	1·37	8·80
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	52,390	124	4	2	29	5	1	22	63	1·20	11·34

The remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics. The total population of Auckland and its suburbs was 67,226 persons, and that of Christchurch with its complete suburbs amounted to 57,041 persons.

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 445 in September—an increase of 9. The deaths in October were 185—a decrease of 78 on the number in September. Of the total deaths, males contributed 108, females 77. Forty-two of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 22·70 per cent. of the whole number; 36 of these were under one year of age.

There were fifty deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Seven men, 66, 68 (two), 70, 72, 74, 86, and three women, 69, 71, 86, died at Auckland; eight men, 66, 67 (two), 78, 80, 84 (two), 87, and five women, 67, 78 (two), 89, 91, at Wellington; five men, 67, 70, 74, 76, 83, and four women, 75, 76, 79, 82, at Christchurch; and eleven men, 66, 67 (two), 68, 69, 70, 72, 75, 80, 82, 90, and seven women, 66, 68, 70 (two), 73, 74, 84, 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, 1901.

CLASSES.	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	1	2	2	..	1	2	14	7·57
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	1	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	3	1·62
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	3	2	6	1	11	..	14	37	20·00
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	1	1	4	..	..	6	3	17	9·19
VI.	Local Diseases	3	24	3	14	4	12	2	30	92	49·73
VII.	Violence	3	3	..	2	..	2	1	2	13	7·03
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	4	..	1	..	2	..	2	..	9	4·86
	Totals	13	38	8	28	9	26	12	51	185	100·00