New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 6

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✨ Vital Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of December, 1900:—

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 December, 1900.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1900. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN DECEMBER, 1900. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, December, 1900. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1899.
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 .. .. .. 38,400 76 8 1 17 6 1 6 39 1·02 13·05
Birkenhead .. .. .. 780 7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18·32
Devonport .. .. .. 3,430 8 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 0·46 7·41
Newmarket .. .. .. 2,170 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7·48
Grey Lynn .. .. .. 3,331 6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7·21
Parnell .. .. .. 4,402 7 .. .. 2 1 .. 1 4 0·91 11·00
Other suburbs* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs 52,513 109 8 1 19 8 1 7 44 0·84 12·00
Wellington .. .. .. 42,966 82 3 .. 10 1 2 6 22 0·51 11·16
Karori .. .. .. 1,096 1 .. .. .. 2 .. .. 2 1·82 2·80
Melrose .. .. .. 2,400 7 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 0·42 8·94
Onslow .. .. .. 1,400 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10·91
Totals Wellington and suburbs 47,862 92 4 .. 10 3 2 6 25 0·52 10·86
Christchurch .. .. .. 18,500 36 2 .. 5 1 .. 8 16 0·86 12·57
Linwood .. .. .. 6,707 13 1 .. .. 1 .. 3 5 0·74 11·16
St. Albans .. .. .. 6,440 19 .. .. 1 .. .. 3 4 0·62 12·21
Sydenham .. .. .. 11,388 21 1 .. 5 1 .. 3 10 0·88 10·64
Woolston .. .. .. 2,305 9 .. .. 1 .. .. 3 4 1·74 6·99
Other suburbs* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs 45,340 98 4 .. 12 3 .. 20 39 0·86 11·54
Dunedin .. .. .. 23,560 45 .. .. 2 2 .. 10 14 0·59 13·47
Caversham .. .. .. 4,838 11 2 .. 2 1 .. 2 7 1·45 20·06
Maori Hill .. .. .. 1,603 6 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·62 6·85
Mornington .. .. .. 3,854 13 1 .. 1 .. .. 2 4 1·04 8·60
North-east Valley .. .. .. 3,540 4 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 3 0·84 6·75
Roslyn .. .. .. 4,454 6 .. .. 1 .. .. 3 4 0·90 7·29
St. Kilda .. .. .. 1,420 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 2 1·41 11·52
South Dunedin .. .. .. 5,158 13 .. .. 1 .. .. 3 4 0·78 10·95
West Harbour .. .. .. 1,364 4 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 0·73 6·51
Totals Dunedin and suburbs 49,791 103 3 .. 8 5 .. 24 40 0·80 11·99

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 402, against 406 in November—a decrease of 4. The deaths in December were 148—a decrease of 21 on the number in November. Of the total deaths, males contributed 69, females 79. Forty-two of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 28·38 per cent. of the whole number; 38 of these were under one year of age.

There were thirty-six deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Seven men, 65, 67, 72, 75, 76, 78 (two), and three women, 66, 70, 76, died at Auckland; three men, 65, 77, 85, and one woman, 69, at Wellington; four men, 76, 79, 80, 83, and nine women, 66 (two), 70 (two), 73, 76, 78, 79, 91, at Christchurch; and three men, 65, 72, 88, and six women, 68, 72, 77, 78, 82, 88, 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 December, 1900.

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 1 .. 3 .. 3 13 8·78
II. Parasitic Diseases .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 0·68
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 1·35
IV. Constitutional Diseases 1 6 1 6 .. 7 .. 8 29 19·59
V. Developmental Diseases 5 .. 3 .. .. 2 6 5 21 14·19
VI. Local Diseases .. 5 20 2 9 3 15 2 14 70 47·30
VII. Violence .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 5 .. .. 7 4·73
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 .. 1 .. 3 .. .. .. 5 3·38
Totals .. 18 26 9 16 7 32 8 32 148 100·00


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🏥 Registrar-General’s Report on Vital Statistics for December 1900

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
15 January 1901
Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Mortality Rates, Population, December 1900, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
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🏥 Table of Births, Deaths, and Mortality Proportions in New Zealand Boroughs, December 1900

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15 January 1901
Births, Deaths, Mortality, Population, Boroughs, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Suburbs

🏥 Summary of Causes of Death by Age Group in Major Boroughs, December 1900

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15 January 1901
Causes of Death, Zymotic Diseases, Constitutional Diseases, Developmental Diseases, Violence, Dietetic Diseases, Mortality, Age Groups