New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 31

Page 789

✨ Vital Statistics

Mar. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 789

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION JANUARY, 1901.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGH REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1901.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 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	61	6	..	6	7	1	9	29	0·83	13·69
Birkenhead .. .. ..	989	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	1·01	9·04
Devonport .. .. ..	3,575	4	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·28	9·42
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,203	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·86
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	3,880	3	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·26	4·16
Parnell .. .. ..	4,641	7	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·43	8·18
Other suburbs* .. ..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	50,356	79	6	1	7	8	1	11	34	0·68	11·81
Wellington .. .. ..	44,520	88	7	2	14	6	2	8	39	0·88	9·17
Karori .. .. ..	1,133	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4·49
Melrose .. .. ..	3,170	6	2	..	1	..	1	..	4	1·26	7·18
Onslow .. .. ..	1,450	3	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·69	7·72
Totals Wellington and suburbs	50,273	102	9	2	16	6	3	8	44	0·88	8·91
Christchurch .. .. ..	20,270	28	2	..	10	2	..	7	21	1·04	10·62
Linwood .. .. ..	6,906	13	1	..	..	..	..	3	4	0·58	13·37
St. Albans .. .. ..	7,130	12	1	..	1	..	..	1	3	0·42	8·70
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,731	19	4	..	3	4	..	3	14	1·19	10·38
Woolston .. .. ..	2,316	4	1	..	1	1	..	..	3	1·30	12·98
Other suburbs* .. ..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	48,353	76	9	..	15	7	..	14	45	0·93	10·81
Dunedin .. .. ..	24,098	41	..	..	6	1	..	8	15	0·62	12·25
Caversham .. .. ..	4,984	12	3	..	6	1	..	..	10	2·01	18·33
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,658	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·13
Mornington .. .. ..	3,850	4	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·52	8·57
North-east Valley .. ..	3,635	10	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	0·55	6·97
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,733	9	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·42	8·44
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,498	3	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·67	7·54
South Dunedin .. ..	5,403	18	1	..	2	1	..	1	5	0·93	11·55
West Harbour .. ..	1,364	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·80
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	51,283	98	4	..	17	4	..	12	37	0·72	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 355, against 521 in January—a decrease of 166. The deaths in February were 160—a decrease of 45 on the number in January. Of the total deaths, males contributed 86, females 74. Sixty of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 37·50 per cent. of the whole number; 53 of these were under one year of age.

There were thirty deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: One man, 68, and four women, 65, 74, 82, 85, died at Auckland; six men, 65, 67 (two), 79 (three), and one woman, 66, at Wellington; five men, 66, 71, 75, 77, 81, and three women, 78, 80, 81, at Christchurch; and six men, 65, 73 (three), 79, 85, and four women, 66, 71, 77, 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 February, 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	5	2	4	1	1	1	..	2	16	10·00
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·63
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	1·25
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	2	2	8	..	13	..	8	33	20·63
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	2	2	1	6	2	1	1	16	10·00
VI.	Local Diseases ..	7	9	9	13	6	11	4	15	74	46·25
VII.	Violence .. ..	1	3	..	..	..	2	1	2	9	5·62
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	..	3	..	3	..	2	..	9	5·62
	Totals ..	16	18	20	24	16	29	8	29	160	100·00