New Zealand Gazette – 1902 – No. 23

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

Mar. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 681

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of February, 1902:—

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Deaths to Population, in the undermentioned Boroughs, during the Month of February, 1902.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1902.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1902.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1902.
			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 .. .. ..	35,284	88	10	1	23	15	..	14	63	1·79	13·10
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,057	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·52
Devonport .. .. ..	3,823	12	..	1	..	..	..	1	2	0·52	6·28
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,060	8	..	..	..	2	..	1	3	1·46	6·80
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	4,110	10	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·24	7·79
Parnell .. .. ..	4,603	8	..	..	1	2	..	1	4	0·87	9·86
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	50,937*	128	11	2	24	19	..	17	73	1·43	11·50
Wellington .. .. ..	43,638	100	10	..	20	6	1	9	46	1·05	10·66
Karori .. .. ..	1,217	6	1	1	..	1	..	..	3	2·47	5·77
Melrose .. .. ..	2,995	9	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	0·67	10·02
Onslow .. .. ..	1,499	4	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0·67	4·00
Totals Wellington and suburbs	49,349	119	12	1	20	8	1	10	52	1·05	10·29
Christchurch .. .. ..	17,538	52	6	..	2	1	1	5	15	0·85	13·11
Linwood .. .. ..	6,990	20	..	..	3	..	..	1	4	0·57	15·54
St. Albans .. .. ..	7,036	8	1	..	4	1	..	3	9	1·28	10·19
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,816	26	4	..	3	5	1	..	13	1·10	12·21
Woolston .. .. ..	2,532	8	..	..	1	1	..	1	3	1·18	12·24
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	45,912*	114	11	..	13	8	2	10	44	0·96	12·77
Dunedin .. .. ..	25,245	34	1	..	9	6	..	4	20	0·79	12·64
Caversham .. .. ..	5,266	12	..	..	3	1	..	1	5	0·95	20·70
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,648	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·61	10·75
Mornington .. .. ..	4,008	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·98
North-east Valley .. ..	3,657	10	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0·82	7·28
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,863	11	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·21	7·64
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,872	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·47
South Dunedin .. ..	5,447	16	..	1	3	2	1	2	9	1·65	9·83
West Harbour .. ..	1,470	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·13
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	53,476	99	1	1	19	9	1	8	39	0·73	11·62

*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, at the Census of March, 1901.

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 460, against 476 in January—a decrease of 16. The deaths in February were 208, an increase of 21 on the number in January. Of the total deaths, males contributed 115, females 93. Eighty-seven of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 41·83 per cent. of the whole number; 79 of these were under one year of age.

There were thirty-one deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Three men, 73, 74, 76, and four women, 66, 78 (two), 79, died at Auckland; seven men, 68 (two), 70, 71, 74, 83, 91, and two women, 66, 68, at Wellington; five men, 66, 69, 75, 78, 84, and one woman, 79, at Christchurch; seven men, 68 (two), 69, 75, 80 (two), 85, and two women, 77, 79, 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 February, 1902.

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	13	1	6	..	7	2
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	4	..	1	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	10	..	10	..	4
V.	Developmental Diseases	6	2	5	1	6	2
VI.	Local Diseases ..	7	17	7	15	6	12
VII.	Violence .. ..	..	7	..	3	..	3
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	6	..	4	..	2	..
	Totals ..	32	41	22	30	21	23

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1902, No 23

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