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✨ Vital Statistics

Oct. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2051

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHs.	POPULATION. (Census, March, 1901.)	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN SEPTEMBER, 1901.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, September, 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	103	2	..	15	2	2	18	39	1·14	13·69
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,057	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·04
Devonport .. .. ..	3,823	5	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·52	9·42
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,060	7	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·49	6·86
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	4,110	8	..	..	3	..	..	2	5	1·22	4·16
Parnell .. .. ..	4,566	8	..	..	2	..	..	2	4	0·88	8·18
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	49,829	136	2	..	20	2	2	25	51	1·02	11·81
Wellington .. .. ..	43,638	113	5	1	24	6	1	26	63	1·44	9·17
Karori .. .. ..	1,212	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·83	4·49
Melrose .. .. ..	2,995	7	..	1	1	1	..	3	6	2·00	7·18
Onslow .. .. ..	1,499	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·72
Totals Wellington and suburbs	49,344	125	5	2	25	7	1	30	70	1·42	8·91
Christchurch .. .. ..	17,538	34	4	..	10	1	..	9	24	1·37	10·62
Linwood .. .. ..	6,737	15	2	..	2	1	1	9	15	2·23	13·37
St. Albans .. .. ..	6,607	15	1	..	2	2	..	2	7	1·06	8·70
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,404	33	..	..	5	2	..	9	16	1·40	10·38
Woolston .. .. ..	2,532	2	..	..	3	1	1	2	7	2·76	12·98
Other suburbs* .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	44,818	99	7	..	22	7	2	31	69	1·54	10·81
Dunedin .. .. ..	24,879	32	..	..	20	4	..	13	37	1·49	12·25
Caversham .. .. ..	5,266	12	1	..	10	..	..	6	17	3·23	18·33
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,550	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·65	6·13
Mornington .. .. ..	4,008	7	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	0·50	8·57
North-east Valley .. ..	3,527	4	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·85	6·97
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,632	7	..	..	1	..	..	3	4	0·86	8·44
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,700	4	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·59	7·54
South Dunedin .. ..	5,363	14	..	..	2	2	..	3	7	1·31	11·55
West Harbour .. ..	1,465	3	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·63	8·80
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	52,390	85	2	1	34	7	..	29	73	1·39	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 445, against 453 in August—a decrease of 8. The deaths in September were 263—an increase of 2 on the number in August. Of the total deaths, males contributed 120, females 143. Forty-seven of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 17·87 per cent. of the whole number; 39 of these were under one year of age.

There were seventy-two deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Six men, 66, 74, 75, 76, 81, 90, and nine women, 68 (two), 69, 74, 75, 79, 82, 83, 95, died at Auckland; five men, 66, 73 (two), 75, 84, and ten women, 69 (three), 74, 77 (two), 78, 81, 82, 87, at Wellington; six men, 72, 76, 77, 82, 84, 90, and fourteen women, 66, 67, 69 (two), 70, 71, 75, 76 (two), 78, 79, 80, 81 (two), at Christchurch; and fifteen men, 66, 68 (four), 70 (three), 71 (two), 74, 76 (two), 77, 83, and seven women, 65, 66, 69, 72, 73, 80, 92, 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 September, 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.
I.	Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases	2	2	3	8	1	10
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	11	3	17	..	11
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	5	2	6	3	5
VI.	Local Diseases ..	2	25	5	24	7	26
VII.	Violence .. ..	..	2	1	..	..	1
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	..	1	..	5	..
	Totals ..	6	45	15	55	16	53