New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 53

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	POPULATION. (Preliminary Census Figures.)	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN MARCH, 1901.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, March, 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 .. .. ..	34,198	68	8	1	6	5	1	8	29	0·85	13·69
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,057	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·95	9·04
Devonport .. .. ..	3,817	9	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·52	9·42
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,060	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·49	6·86
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	4,106	8	..	..	1	1	..	2	4	0·97	4·16
Parnell .. .. ..	4,566	9	1	..	..	..	1	3	5	1·10	8·18
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs	49,804	98	10	1	8	6	2	15	42	0·84	11·81
Wellington .. .. ..	43,586	85	8	1	14	10	..	10	43	0·99	9·17
Karori .. .. ..	1,212	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	1·65	4·49
Melrose .. .. ..	2,995	10	..	1	1	1	1	1	5	1·67	7·18
Onslow .. .. ..	1,499	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·72
Totals Wellington and suburbs	49,292	96	8	2	15	12	1	12	50	1·01	8·91
Christchurch .. .. ..	17,547	34	1	..	5	1	1	6	14	0·80	10·62
Linwood .. .. ..	6,738	18	..	..	3	1	..	4	8	1·19	13·37
St. Albans .. .. ..	6,591	8	1	..	2	..	..	1·	4	0·61	8·70
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,415	33	3	..	1	..	..	5	9	0·78	10·38
Woolston .. .. ..	2,533	6	..	1	1	..	..	3	5	1·97	12·98
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs	44,824	99	5	1	12	2	1	19	40	0·89	10·81
Dunedin .. .. ..	24,886	48	2	..	6	5	..	13	26	1·04	12·25
Caversham .. .. ..	5,266	17	..	..	5	..	..	1	6	1·14	18·33
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,551	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·13
Mornington .. .. ..	4,009	7	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0·75	8·57
North-east Valley ..	3,526	4	2	..	1	..	..	..	3	0·85	6·97
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,632	6	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·22	8·44
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,700	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·59	7·54
South Dunedin .. ..	5,363	12	..	..	1	1	1	..	3	0·56	11·55
West Harbour .. ..	1,465	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·68	8·80
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	52,398	97	4	1	15	6	1	17	44	0·84	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 390, against 355 in February—an increase of 35. The deaths in March were 176—an increase of 16 on the number in February. Of the total deaths, males contributed 82, females 94. Sixty-three of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 35·80 per cent. of the whole number; 53 of these were under one year of age.

There were forty-three deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Three men, 65, 69, 80, and five women, 65 (two), 72, 79, 86, died at Auckland; six men, 68, 69 (two), 71, 72, 79, and three women, 67, 70, 84, at Wellington; five men, 66, 71 (two), 72, 77, and six women, 67, 68, 76, 77, 79, 84, at Christchurch; and eight men, 65, 70, 71, 72 (two), 75, 77, 90, and seven women, 70 (two), 76, 79, 80, 84, 90, 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 March, 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	2	2	1	3	1	20	11·36
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	3	1·71
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	8	1	11	1	5	..	14	41	23·30
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	1	3	1	2	1	2	2	12	6·82
VI.	Local Diseases	8	10	11	11	1	22	5	14	82	46·59
VII.	Violence	..	2	..	2	2	2	..	1	9	5·11
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	3	..	3	..	1	..	2	..	9	5·11
	Totals ..	19	23	23	27	9	31	12	32	176	100·00