New Zealand Gazette – 1902 – No. 47

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✨ Vital Statistics



JUNE 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1331

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1902. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN MAY, 1902. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, May, 1902. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 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 .. .. .. 35,284 73 4 1 16 4 1 9 35 0·98 13·10
Birkenhead .. .. .. 1,057 2 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 0·94 8·52
Devonport .. .. .. 3,823 12 1 .. .. .. .. 1 2 0·52 6·28
Newmarket .. .. .. 2,060 4 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·49 6·80
Grey Lynn .. .. .. 4,110 8 .. .. 2 .. 1 2 5 1·22 7·79
Parnell .. .. .. 4,603 14 2 .. 1 .. .. 1 4 0·87 9·86
Other suburbs* .. .. .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs* 50,937* 113 8 1 19 4 2 14 48 0·94 11·50
Wellington .. .. .. 43,638 83 10 1 12 7 1 8 39 0·89 10·66
Karori .. .. .. 1,217 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5·77
Melrose .. .. .. 2,995 10 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 2 0·67 10·02
Onslow .. .. .. 1,499 10 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 2 1·33 4·00
Totals Wellington and suburbs 49,349 107 10 1 13 9 1 9 43 0·87 10·29
Christchurch .. .. .. 17,538 37 4 .. 5 .. .. 6 15 0·85 13·11
Linwood .. .. .. 6,990 24 1 .. 2 1 .. 2 6 0·86 15·54
St. Albans .. .. .. 7,036 17 .. .. 2 .. 1 3 6 0·85 10·19
Sydenham .. .. .. 11,816 32 1 .. 3 1 1 5 11 0·93 12·21
Woolston .. .. .. 2,532 4 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·79 12·24
Other suburbs* .. .. .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs* 45,912* 114 6 .. 13 2 2 17 40 0·87 12·77
Dunedin .. .. .. 35,245 50 1 1 12 .. 1 11 26 1·03 12·64
Caversham .. .. .. 5,266 10 2 .. 4 2 .. 2 10 1·89 20·70
Maori Hill .. .. .. 1,648 5 .. .. .. .. 1 1 2 1·21 10·75
Mornington .. .. .. 4,008 9 1 .. 1 1 .. 1 4 1·00 7·98
North-east Valley .. .. .. 3,657 7 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·27 7·28
Roslyn .. .. .. 4,863 8 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 0·21 7·64
St. Kilda .. .. .. 1,872 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8·47
South Dunedin .. .. .. 5,447 13 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 3 0·55 9·83
West Harbour .. .. .. 1,470 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·68 6·13
Totals Dunedin and suburbs 53,476 106 4 1 20 3 2 18 48 0·90 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 440, against 452 in April—a decrease of 12. The deaths in May were 179, a decrease of 29 on the number in April. Of the total deaths, males contributed 96, females 83. Fifty-six of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 31·28 per cent. of the whole number; 46 of these were under one year of age.

There were thirty-nine deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Four men, 65, 66, 67, 68, and four women, 71, 79, 80, 84, died at Auckland; four men, 67, 70, 74, 86, and one woman, 71, at Wellington; four men, 67, 79 (two), 82, and six women, 65 (two), 68, 78, 82, 84, at Christchurch; ten men, 67, 70 (three), 72, 74, 76, 77, 78, 85, and six women, 68, 77 (three), 83, 84, 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 May, 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 7 8 4 1 1 2 1 2 26 14·52
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 0·56
IV. Constitutional Diseases .. 6 .. 11 .. 8 2 14 41 22·90
V. Developmental Diseases 1 2 7 2 3 5 1 2 23 12·85
VI. Local Diseases .. 5 14 8 8 .. 13 4 18 70 39·11
VII. Violence .. .. 1 3 .. .. 1 1 1 2 9 5·03
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 .. 2 .. 5 .. 1 .. 9 5·03
Totals .. 15 33 21 22 10 30 10 38 179 100·00


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