New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 55

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✨ Vital Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS. POPULATION. (Preliminary Census Figures.) TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, 1901. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 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 71 6 .. 12 5 .. 7 30 0·88 13·69
Birkenhead .. .. .. 1,057 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9·04
Devonport .. .. .. 3,817 8 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·52 9·42
Newmarket .. .. .. 2,060 2 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 0·49 6·86
Grey Lynn .. .. .. 4,106 11 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 0·49 4·16
Parnell .. .. .. 4,566 12 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 1·53 8·18
Other suburbs* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs 49,804 105 9 1 15 7 1 9 42 0·84 11·81
Wellington .. .. .. 43,586 88 8 1 8 2 1 8 28 0·64 9·17
Karori .. .. .. 1,212 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4·49
Melrose .. .. .. 2,995 9 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 0·33 7·18
Onslow .. .. .. 1,499 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7·72
Totals Wellington and suburbs 49,292 99 8 1 8 3 1 8 29 0·59 8·91
Christchurch .. .. .. 17,547 36 4 .. 5 1 2 5 17 0·97 10·62
Linwood .. .. .. 6,738 17 .. .. 2 1 .. 2 5 0·74 13·37
St. Albans .. .. .. 6,591 13 .. .. 3 .. .. .. 3 0·46 8·70
Sydenham .. .. .. 11,415 31 2 2 1 1 .. 2 8 0·70 10·38
Woolston .... .. .. 2,533 4 .. .. 2 1 .. 1 4 1·58 12·98
Other suburbs* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs 44,824 101 6 2 13 4 2 10 37 0·83 10·81
Dunedin .. .. .. 24,886 44 4 .. 10 2 .. 6 22 0·88 12·25
Caversham .. .. .. 5,266 16 .. .. 4 .. 1 1 6 1·14 18·33
Maori Hill .. .. .. 1,551 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6·13
Mornington .. .. .. 4,009 10 .. .. 3 .. .. 1 4 1·00 8·57
North-east Valley .. .. 3,526 6 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·28 6·97
Roslyn .. .. .. 4,632 8 1 1 1 .. .. 1 4 0·86 8·44
St. Kilda .. .. .. 1,700 4 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·59 7·54
South Dunedin .. .. 5,363 13 1 1 .. .. .. .. 2 0·37 11·55
West Harbour .. .. 1,465 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8·80
Totals Dunedin and suburbs 52,398 106 6 2 20 2 1 9 40 0·76 11·84

*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 411, against 390 in March—an increase of 21. The deaths in April were 148—a decrease of 28 on the number in March. Of the total deaths, males contributed 91, females 57. Fifty-six of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 37·84 per cent. of the whole number; 45 of these were under one year of age.

There were thirty deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Eight men, 65, 67, 68, 74, 77, 78, 79, 83, and five women, 66 (two), 71, 76, 88, died at Auckland; three men, 71 (two), 72, at Wellington; one man, 68, and two women, 72, 73, at Christchurch; and six men, 65, 69, 70, 75, 80 (two), and five women, 66, 68, 74, 77, 78, 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 April, 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.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 9 .. 1 1 4 2
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. 2 .. .. 1
IV. Constitutional Diseases 1 4 1 8 .. 9
V. Developmental Diseases 1 3 3 .. 3 1
VI. Local Diseases 6 14 4 6 5 9
VII. Violence .. 3 .. .. 1 1
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 .. 2 1 1 ..
Totals .. 18 24 13 16 14 23


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🏥 Registrar-General's Report on Vital Statistics for April 1901

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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Mortality rates, April 1901, Population statistics, Boroughs, New Zealand
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Births, Deaths, Mortality, Population, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Suburbs, April 1901

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Causes of death, Zymotic diseases, Constitutional diseases, Developmental diseases, Violence, Dietetic diseases, Local diseases, April 1901