New Zealand Gazette – 1902 – No. 31

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 31

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of March, 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 March, 1902.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1902. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN MARCH, 1902. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, March, 1902. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1901.
Males. Females.
Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 1 Year. 1 & under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Total Deaths.
Auckland .. .. .. 35,284 76 15 2 17 11 3 11 59 1·67 13·10
Birkenhead .. .. .. 1,057 4 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·94 8·52
Devonport .. .. .. 3,823 11 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 3 0·78 6·28
Newmarket .. .. .. 2,060 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6·80
Grey Lynn .. .. .. 4,110 9 2 1 .. 2 .. 1 6 1·46 7·79
Parnell .. .. .. 4,603 7 4 1 2 1 1 3 12 2·61 9·86
Other suburbs* .. .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs* 50,937* 112 21 4 22 14 4 16 81 1·59 11·50
Wellington .. .. .. 43,638 96 6 2 13 4 .. 9 34 0·78 10·66
Karori .. .. .. 1,217 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·82 5·77
Melrose .. .. .. 2,995 5 .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 0·33 10·02
Onslow .. .. .. 1,499 7 1 .. .. .. .. 1 2 1·33 4·00
Totals Wellington and suburbs 49,349 109 7 3 14 4 .. 10 38 0·77 10·29
Christchurch .. .. .. 17,538 31 4 .. 3 5 .. 7 19 1·08 13·11
Linwood .. .. .. 6,990 16 .. .. 3 .. .. 5 8 1·14 15·54
St. Albans .. .. .. 7,036 15 1 .. 2 .. .. 2 5 0·71 10·19
Sydenham .. .. .. 11,816 24 1 .. 5 2 .. 1 9 0·76 12·21
Woolston .. .. .. 2,532 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12·24
Other suburbs* .. .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs* 45,912* 95 6 .. 13 7 .. 15 41 0·89 12·77
Dunedin .. .. .. 25,245 40 1 1 13 3 1 5 24 0·95 12·64
Caversham .. .. .. 5,266 11 .. .. 4 .. .. 1 5 0·95 20·70
Maori Hill .. .. .. 1,648 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10·75
Mornington .. .. .. 4,008 10 .. .. 1 2 .. .. 3 0·75 7·98
North-east Valley .. .. 3,657 6 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 3 0·82 7·28
Roslyn .. .. .. 4,863 5 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 3 0·62 7·64
St. Kilda .. .. .. 1,872 8 .. .. .. 2 .. .. 2 1·07 8·47
South Dunedin .. .. 5,447 11 .. .. 1 4 .. .. 5 0·92 9·83
West Harbour .. .. 1,470 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6·13
Totals Dunedin and suburbs 53,476 94 2 1 21 11 1 9 45 0·84 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 410, against 460 in February—a decrease of 50. The deaths in March were 205, a decrease of 3 on the number in February. Of the total deaths, males contributed 114, females 91. Eighty-five of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 41·46 per cent. of the whole number; 72 of these were under one year of age.

There were forty-nine deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Fourteen men, 65 (three), 67, 68 (two), 69, 70, 72, 78, 81 (two), 85, 89, and five women, 69, 73, 77, 84 (two), died at Auckland; one man, 72, and four women, 70, 72, 79, 92, at Wellington; nine men, 66 (two), 72 (two), 74, 78, 79, 80, 84, and five women, 66, 67 (two), 74, 83, at Christchurch; eight men, 66 (two), 68, 70, 73, 75, 81, 92, and three women, 66, 74, 77, 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 March, 1902.

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 23 3 2 .. 7 1 3 .. 39 19·02
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 2 0·98
IV. Constitutional Diseases 1 5 2 8 1 5 .. 7 29 14·15
V. Developmental Diseases .. 5 3 2 .. 1 3 2 16 7·80
VI. Local Diseases .. 13 21 5 11 2 20 5 16 93 45·37
VII. Violence .. .. .. 4 .. 3 .. 1 .. 4 12 5·85
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 5 .. 2 .. 3 .. 4 .. 14 6·83
Totals .. 43 38 14 24 13 28 15 30 205 100·00


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