New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 19

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of January, 1903:—

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 January, 1903.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1903.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JANUARY, 1903.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1903.
			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 .. .. ..	37,022	100	18	7	11	14	3	8	61	1·65	17·21
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,109	4	2	..	1	..	..	1	3	2·71	12·93
Devonport .. .. ..	4,417	14	2	1	1	1	..	1	6	1·36	8·98
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,104	5	1	..	..	..	1	..	2	0·95	12·01
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	5,212	9	..	..	3	..	1	1	5	0·96	11·80
Parnell .. .. ..	4,834	13	1	..	1	3	..	3	8	1·65	11·49
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	54,698*	145	24	8	17	18	5	13	85	1·55	15·27
Wellington .. .. ..	45,419	113	5	1	23	3	..	7	39	0·86	12·58
Karori .. .. ..	1,443	2	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	1·39	9·79
Melrose .. .. ..	4,005	8	2	..	..	..	..	1	3	0·75	10·29
Onslow .. .. ..	1,723	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·00
Totals Wellington and suburbs	52,590	126	9	1	23	3	..	8	44	0·84	12·24
Christchurch .. .. ..	19,079	37	4	..	9	1	..	4	18	0·94	12·24
Linwood .. .. ..	7,333	17	2	..	2	1	1	2	8	1·09	16·06
St. Albans .. .. ..	7,539	15	1	1	2	..	2	2	8	1·06	10·04
Sydenham .. .. ..	12,679	31	1	1	2	2	..	3	9	0·71	11·21
Woolston .. .. ..	2,797	3	..	..	..	1	1	1	3	1·07	10·89
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	49,422*	103	8	2	15	5	4	12	46	0·93	12·14
Dunedin .. .. ..	25,214	32	1	..	17	..	..	13	31	1·23	11·86
Caversham .. .. ..	5,335	14	..	..	10	1	..	1	12	2·25	20·19
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,687	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·59	11·74
Mornington .. .. ..	4,132	12	1	..	..	..	..	5	6	1·45	7·37
North-east Valley .. ..	3,801	5	..	..	3	1	1	4	9	2·37	8·46
Roslyn .. .. ..	5,268	5	..	..	2	..	1	3	6	1·14	6·46
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,936	7	..	..	2	..	..	3	5	2·58	7·15
South Dunedin .. ..	5,713	20	..	..	4	..	..	1	5	0·87	12·10
West Harbour .. ..	1,546	3	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·65	5·31
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	54,632	99	2	..	39	2	2	31	76	1·39	11·29

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 473, against 486 in December—a decrease of 13. The deaths in January were 251, a decrease of 3 on the number in December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 148, females 103. Ninety-three of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 37·05 per cent. of the whole number; 71 of these were under one year of age.

There were fifty-eight deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Six men, 67, 68, 77, 78, 81, 86, and two women, 67, 81, died at Auckland; four men, 65, 77, 86, 87, and three women, 66, 68, 75, at Wellington; seven men, 65 (two), 69 (two), 75, 76, 79, and seven women, 67, 69, 70, 80, 81, 84, 85, at Christchurch; and eighteen men, 65 (two), 68 (three), 72 (two), 73, 74 (three), 75, 79, 80, 83, 84 (two), 86, and eleven women, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 74, 76, 80, 83, 87, 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 January, 1903.

No.	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	26	3	3	3	7	1	2	6	51	20·32
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·40
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	2	..	..	3	..	1	..	1	7	2·79
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	7	1	10	..	7	..	11	36	14·34
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	4	4	1	4	4	..	6	25	9·96
VI.	Local Diseases ..	19	15	4	10	4	14	4	40	110	43·83
VII.	Violence .. ..	..	1	1	3	..	..	..	6	11	4·38
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	6	..	..	..	4	..	..	..	10	3·98
	Totals ..	55	30	13	31	19	27	6	70	251	100·00