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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1902.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 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	96	5	..	20	8	3	16	52	1·47	13·10
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,057	2	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	1·89	8·52
Devonport .. .. ..	3,823	9	..	..	3	..	..	1	4	1·05	6·28
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,060	4	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	1·46	6·80
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	4,110	11	..	..	..	3	1	1	5	1·22	7·79
Parnell .. .. ..	4,603	12	..	..	..	..	..	3	3	0·65	9·86
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	50,937*	134	5	..	26	11	4	28	69	1·35	11·50
Wellington .. .. ..	43,638	89	8	1	32	5	..	18	64	1·47	10·66
Karori .. .. ..	1,217	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·77
Melrose .. .. ..	2,995	11	1	1	2	2	..	3	9	3·01	10·02
Onslow .. .. ..	1,499	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·67	4·00
Totals Wellington and suburbs	49,349	106	9	2	34	7	..	22	74	1·50	10·29
Christchurch .. .. ..	17,538	42	8	..	10	..	2	9	29	1·65	13·11
Linwood .. .. ..	6,990	21	1	..	3	1	..	2	7	1·00	15·54
St. Albans .. .. ..	7,036	15	..	..	3	..	..	4	7	0·99	10·19
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,816	19	..	..	4	1	1	5	11	0·93	12·21
Woolston .. .. ..	2,532	3	..	..	3	1	1	4	9	3·55	12·24
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	45,912*	100	9	..	23	3	4	24	63	1·37	12·77
Dunedin .. .. ..	25,245	40	3	..	15	..	..	9	27	1·07	12·64
Caversham .. .. ..	5,266	8	..	..	5	..	..	3	8	1·52	20·70
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,648	4	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	1·21	10·75
Mornington .. .. ..	4,008	7	..	..	..	1	1	1	3	0·75	7·98
North-east Valley .. ..	3,657	9	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	0·57	7·28
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,863	12	1	..	2	..	..	1	4	0·82	7·64
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,872	4	..	..	..	3	1	..	..	..	8·47
South Dunedin .. ..	5,447	16	..	..	2	3	1	..	6	1·10	9·83
West Harbour .. ..	1,470	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·68	6·13
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	53,476	101	6	..	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 441, against 467 in July—a decrease of 26. The deaths in August were 259, an increase of 28 on the number in July. Of the total deaths, males contributed 139, females 120. Sixty-six of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 25·48 per cent. of the whole number; 54 of these were under one year of age.

There were sixty-nine deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Twelve men, 65, 66, 68, 69, 71, 72 (two), 73, 75, 80 (two), 93, and eleven women, 66 (three), 71, 74, 75 (three), 82 (two), 96, died at Auckland; ten men, 66, 68, 70, 72 (two), 74, 76, 77, 80 (two), and two women, 69, 84, at Wellington; four men, 75 (two), 76, 77, and eleven women, 70 (two), 72 (two), 74, 75 (two), 78, 80, 83, 89, at Christchurch; twelve men, 65 (two), 67 (two), 69 (three), 70, 71, 73, 74, 85, and seven women, 65 (two), 67, 71, 74, 77, 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 August, 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.	Under 5 Years.	5 Years & over.
I.	Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases	1	3	4	13	..	2	..	2	25	9·65
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·39
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	4	..	13	2	6	..	12	38	14·67
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	5	4	2	4	7	3	3	29	11·20
VI.	Local Diseases ..	11	35	5	26	8	27	7	22	141	54·44
VII.	Violence .. ..	2	1	..	2	2	5	..	2	14	5·40
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	4	..	5	..	..	..	2	..	11	4·25
	Totals ..	20	49	18	56	16	47	12	41	259	100·00