New Zealand Gazette – 1902 – No. 66

Page 1747

✨ Vital Statistics

Aug. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1747

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1902.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1902.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 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	104	4	2	22	4	..	14	46	1·30	13·10
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,057	2	1	..	1	1	..	1	4	3·78	8·52
Devonport .. .. ..	3,823	8	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·26	6·28
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,060	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·80
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	4,110	10	..	..	4	..	..	1	5	1·22	7·79
Parnell .. .. ..	4,603	9	..	..	4	..	..	..	4	0·87	9·86
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	50,937*	134	5	2	32	5	..	16	60	1·18	11·50
Wellington .. .. ..	43,638	96	6	..	19	7	1	15	48	1·10	10·66
Karori .. .. ..	1,217	4	..	1	..	..	..	1	2	1·64	5·77
Melrose .. .. ..	2,995	13	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·33	10·02
Onslow .. .. ..	1,499	3	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	2·00	4·00
Totals Wellington and suburbs	49,349	116	6	1	22	7	1	17	54	1·09	10·29
Christchurch .. .. ..	17,538	36	3	1	7	5	1	8	25	1·43	13·11
Linwood .. .. ..	6,990	20	5	..	1	2	2	8	18	2·58	15·54
St. Albans .. .. ..	7,036	15	1	..	4	1	..	1	7	0·99	10·19
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,816	27	2	1	6	2	..	3	14	1·18	12·21
Woolston .. .. ..	2,532	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12·24
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	45,912*	104	11	2	18	10	3	20	64	1·39	12·77
Dunedin .. .. ..	25,245	39	2	..	14	2	1	9	28	1·11	12·64
Caversham .. .. ..	5,266	17	1	..	6	1	..	2	10	1·89	20·70
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,648	3	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	1·21	10·75
Mornington .. .. ..	4,008	11	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·98
North-east Valley .. ..	3,657	7	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·57	7·28
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,863	11	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·21	7·64
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,872	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·53	8·47
South Dunedin .. ..	5,447	22	2	1	1	1	1	2	8	1·47	9·83
West Harbour .. ..	1,470	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·68	6·13
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	53,476	113	5	1	25	4	2	16	53	0·99	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 467, against 356 in June—an increase of 111. The deaths in July were 231, an increase of 45 on the number in June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 130, females 101. Sixty-five of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 28·14 per cent. of the whole number; 53 of these were under one year of age.

There were fifty-six deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Ten men, 67, 68, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77 (two), 90, and five women, 67, 73, 75, 77, 95, died at Auckland; nine men, 65, 69, 70, 72 (two), 75, 76, 80, 87, and five women, 68, 72 (two), 76, 80, at Wellington; seven men, 65, 66 (two), 69, 74, 84, 87, and three women, 68, 79 (two), at Christchurch; twelve men, 65 (two), 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 77, 80 (two), and five women, 68, 71, 73, 76, 90, 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 July, 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	2	3	3	1	1	1
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	1	..	2	1	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	7	2	10	..	12
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	3	3	3	5	2
VI.	Local Diseases ..	3	29	7	22	15	21
VII.	Violence .. ..	1	5	..	1	1	2
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	3	..	..	..	3	..
	Totals ..	12	48	15	39	26	38