New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 28

Page 695

✨ Vital Statistics

Mar. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 695

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of January, 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 January, 1901.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1901	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JANUARY, 1901.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population January, 1901.
			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	35,068	91	5	1	11	5	1	16	39	1·11	13·69
Birkenhead	989	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·04
Devonport	3,575	16	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	0·56	9·42
Newmarket	2,203	2	2	..	..	1	..	2	5	2·27	6·86
Grey Lynn	3,880	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4·16
Parnell	4,641	16	1	..	1	2	..	1	5	1·08	8·18
Other suburbs*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	50,356	137	8	2	13	8	1	19	51	1·01	11·81
Wellington	44,520	127	10	1	19	4	2	15	51	1·15	9·17
Karori	1,133	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4·49
Melrose	3,170	5	1	1	1	..	..	1	4	1·26	7·18
Onslow	1,450	8	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·69	7·72
Totals Wellington and suburbs	50,273	140	12	2	20	4	2	16	56	1·11	8·91
Christchurch	20,270	37	6	..	9	2	..	6	23	1·13	10·62
Linwood	6,906	22	..	..	1	1	..	3	5	0·72	13·37
St. Albans	7,130	15	2	..	4	1	..	6	13	1·82	8·70
Sydenham	11,731	30	1	..	4	1	..	4	10	0·85	10·38
Woolston	2,316	6	1	..	..	..	..	2	3	1·30	12·98
Other suburbs*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	48,353	110	10	..	18	5	..	21	54	1·12	10·81
Dunedin	24,098	63	1	..	10	1	1	13	26	1·07	12·25
Caversham	4,984	18	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0·60	18·33
Maori Hill	1,658	4	1	..	1	..	..	2	4	2·41	6·13
Mornington	3,850	7	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0·78	8·57
North-east Valley	3,635	7	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·55	6·97
Roslyn	4,793	13	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·21	8·44
St. Kilda	1,498	6	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·67	7·54
South Dunedin	5,403	15	1	..	1	1	..	1	4	0·74	11·55
West Harbour.	1,364	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·80
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	51,283	134	3	..	17	2	1	21	44	0·86	11·34

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 521, against 402 in December—an increase of 119. The deaths in January were 205—an increase of 57 on the number in December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 105, females 100. Sixty of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 29·27 per cent. of the whole number; 52 of these were under one year of age.

There were fifty deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Seven men, 68, 72, 78 (two), 80, 82, 84, and eight women, 65, 66, 68, 70, 72, 78, 80 (two), died at Auckland; six men, 66 (two), 70, 76, 78, 88, and one woman, 71, at Wellington; seven men, 65, 67, 77, 78, 80 (two), 86, and six women, 72, 73 (three), 81 (two), at Christchurch; and six men, 67, 70, 73, 75, 79, 80, and nine women, 65 (two), 70, 71, 73, 74, 77, 82, 85, 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 January, 1901.

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	4	2	2	4	2	7	2	3	26	12·68
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·49
III.	Dietetic Diseases	3	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	6	2·93
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	3	..	8	..	6	1	7	25	12·19
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	5	1	2	3	2	1	2	17	8·29
VI.	Local Diseases	9	20	10	18	8	21	1	20	107	52·20
VII.	Violence	1	2	1	2	1	1	..	6	14	6·83
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	..	5	..	1	1	1	..	9	4·39
	Totals	19	32	20	36	15	39	6	38	205	100·00