New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 75

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✨ Vital Statistics

Aug. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1655

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	POPULATION. (Census, March, 1901.)	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1901.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 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 .. .. ..	34,213	93	6	4	14	4	..	15	43	1·26	13·69
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,057	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·04
Devonport .. .. ..	3,823	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·26	9·42
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,060	10	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	1·46	6·86
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	4,110	15	..	..	2	..	..	2	4	0·97	4·16
Parnell .. .. ..	4,566	9	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	0·44	8·18
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	49,829	135	6	4	17	4	1	21	53	1·06	11·81
Wellington .. .. ..	43,638	115	6	1	11	6	4	14	42	0·96	9·17
Karori .. .. ..	1,212	5	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	1·65	4·49
Melrose .. .. ..	2,995	9	1	1	..	..	..	..	2	0·67	7·18
Onslow .. .. ..	1,499	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·72
Totals Wellington and suburbs	49,344	135	7	2	11	7	4	15	46	0·93	8·91
Christchurch .. .. ..	17,538	39	4	..	10	4	..	7	25	1·43	10·62
Linwood .. .. ..	6,737	21	3	1	5	1	..	7	17	2·52	13·37
St. Albans .. .. ..	6,607	24	2	1	2	1	..	3	9	1·36	8·70
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,404	29	2	2	4	1	1	4	14	1·23	10·38
Woolston .. .. ..	2,532	7	1	..	1	..	..	2	4	1·58	12·98
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	44,818	120	12	4	22	7	1	23	69	1·54	10·81
Dunedin .. .. ..	24,879	67	3	1	11	1	2	7	25	1·00	12·25
Caversham .. .. ..	5,266	7	..	..	3	..	..	3	6	1·14	18·33
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,550	1	..	1	1	..	..	1	3	1·94	6·13
Mornington .. .. ..	4,008	13	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·75	8·57
North-east Valley .. ..	3,527	2	..	..	..	..	..	3	3	0·85	6·97
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,632	14	2	..	2	..	1	2	7	1·51	8·44
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,700	4	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	0·59	7·54
South Dunedin .. ..	5,363	23	1	..	1	..	..	3	5	0·93	11·55
West Harbour .. ..	1,465	2	..	..	3	..	..	..	3	2·05	8·80
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	52,390	133	6	2	22	1	4	21	56	1·07	11·34

The remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics. The total population of Auckland and its suburbs was 67,226 persons, and that of Christchurch with its complete suburbs amounted to 57,041 persons.

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 523, against 406 in June—an increase of 117. The deaths in July were 224—an increase of 82 on the number in June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 115, females 109. Seventy-two of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 32·14 per cent. of the whole number; 50 of these were under one year of age.

There were fifty deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Five men, 65, 67, 69, 74, 84, and five women, 65, 67, 70, 85, 86, died at Auckland; four men, 68, 70, 72, 75, and three women, 76, 84, 86, at Wellington; seven men, 67, 73, 74, 76, 80, 84, 87, and eleven women, 67, 68, 71 (two), 72, 73 (two), 74, 78, 80, 85, at Christchurch; and ten men, 65 (three), 68, 70, 71, 75, 76, 77, 78, and five women, 66, 67, 68, 83, 94, 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 July, 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.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years & over.
I.	Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases	2	4	1	3	4	3	..	1	18	8·04
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·45
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	1	..	..	..	3	..	..	4	1·79
IV.	Constitutional Diseases ..	..	10	3	7	..	8	..	7	35	15·62
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	2	4	3	6	3	1	2	23	10·27
VI.	Local Diseases ..	9	19	11	10	11	25	11	32	128	57·14
VII.	Violence .. ..	1	2	..	2	..	3	..	..	8	3·57
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	..	1	..	3	..	1	1	7	3·12
	Totals ..	15	38	20	26	24	45	13	43	224	100·00