New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 84

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✨ Vital Statistics

Sept. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1855

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	POPULATION. (Census, March, 1901.)	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1901.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 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 ..	34,213	112	6	3	18	6	1	19	53	1·55	13·69
Birkenhead ..	1,057	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·04
Devonport ..	3,823	9	..	..	3	..	..	1	4	1·05	9·42
Newmarket ..	2,060	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·86
Grey Lynn ..	4,110	11	..	..	..	..	..	3	3	0·73	4·16
Parnell ..	4,566	13	..	..	4	..	..	3	7	1·53	8·18
Other suburbs*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	49,829	153	6	3	25	6	1	26	67	1·34	11·81
Wellington ..	43,638	88	8	1	19	3	..	12	43	0·99	9·17
Karori ..	1,212	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4·49
Melrose ..	2,995	10	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	0·67	7·18
Onslow ..	1,499	4	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·67	7·72
Totals Wellington and suburbs	49,344	105	8	1	20	4	..	13	46	0·93	8·91
Christchurch ..	17,538	35	3	2	16	..	..	13	34	1·94	10·62
Linwood ..	6,737	9	..	1	8	1	..	7	17	2·52	13·37
St. Albans ..	6,607	15	1	1	3	..	..	6	11	1·66	8·70
Sydenham ..	11,404	18	2	1	9	1	1	6	20	1·75	10·38
Woolston ..	2,532	9	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·39	12·98
Other suburbs*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	44,818	86	6	5	36	2	1	33	83	1·85	10·81
Dunedin ..	24,879	53	4	1	19	..	1	9	34	1·37	12·25
Caversham ..	5,266	16	2	..	6	1	..	7	16	3·04	18·33
Maori Hill ..	1,550	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·65	6·13
Mornington ..	4,008	4	..	1	2	..	..	..	3	0·75	8·57
North-east Valley ..	3,527	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·57	6·97
Roslyn ..	4,632	7	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·43	8·44
St. Kilda ..	1,700	4	1	..	1	..	..	..	2	1·18	7·54
South Dunedin ..	5,363	21	..	..	3	..	..	2	5	0·93	11·55
West Harbour ..	1,465	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·80
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	52,390	109	7	2	34	1	1	20	65	1·24	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 453, against 523 in July—a decrease of 70. The deaths in August were 261—an increase of 37 on the number in July. Of the total deaths, males contributed 153, females 108. Fifty-four of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 20·69 per cent. of the whole number; 40 of these were under one year of age.

There were eighty-five deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Ten men, 65, 69 (two), 70, 71, 72, 74, 75 (two), 84, and ten women, 67, 72, 74, 75, 78, 82 (three), 83, 91, died at Auckland; eight men, 66, 71, 72 (two), 77 (two), 78, 93, and four women, 66, 71, 75, 82, at Wellington; sixteen men, 70, 71 (three), 72 (two), 73 (two), 74, 75 (two), 77, 78 (two), 83, 84, and eighteen women, 65 (two), 66 (three), 68, 69 (two), 71, 79, 80, 81, 82, 87, 92 (two), 97, 104, at Christchurch; and sixteen men, 66, 68 (three), 71, 72 (three), 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 81 (two), 84, and three women, 77, 79, 82, 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 August, 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	3	1	3	3	8	..	7	27	10·34
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	0·77
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	13	2	8	1	11	..	8	43	16·47
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	4	2	3	1	9	1	5	25	9·58
VI.	Local Diseases ..	11	29	6	17	9	33	7	32	144	55·17
VII.	Violence ..	1	2	1	2	..	5	2	2	15	5·75
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	..	1	..	..	2	1	..	5	1·92
	Totals ..	16	51	13	33	14	69	11	54	261	100·00