New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 22

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of February, 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 February, 1903.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1903.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1903.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1903.
			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 .. .. ..	37,022	91	10	1	10	11	3	12	47	1·27	17·21
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,109	1	3	..	1	..	..	1	5	4·51	12·93
Devonport .. .. ..	4,417	10	1	..	2	..	..	4	7	1·58	8·98
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,104·	5	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	0·95	12·01
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	5,212	9	..	..	2	3	..	..	5	0·96	11·80
Parnell .. .. ..	4,834·	7	2	..	5	1	2	2	12	2·48	11·49
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	54,698*	123	16	2	21	15	5	19	78	1·43	15·27
Wellington .. .. ..	45,419	104	7	2	15	5	..	18	47	1·03	12·58
Karori .. .. ..	1,443	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·79
Melrose .. .. ..	4,005·	8	1	..	1	..	..	1	3	0·75	10·29
Onslow .. .. ..	1,723	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·58	9·00
Totals Wellington and suburbs	52,590	124	8	2	17	5	..	19	51	0·97	12·24
Christchurch .. .. ..	19,079	36	2	..	8	3	..	4	17	0·89	12·24
Linwood .. .. ..	7,333	8	..	..	1	1	..	3	5	0·68	16·06
St. Albans .. .. ..	7,539	12	1	..	..	1	1	2	5	0·66	10·04
Sydenham .. .. ..	12,679	27	..	1	..	1	..	6	8	0·63	11·21
Woolston .. .. ..	2,797	6	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	0·36	10·89
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	49,422*	89	3	1	9	6	2	15	36	0·73	12·14
Dunedin .. .. ..	25,214	44	1	1	14	1	2	7	26	1·03	11·86
Caversham .. .. ..	5,335	13	..	..	1	1	..	3	5	0·94	20·19
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,687	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·59	11·74
Mornington .. .. ..	4,132	4	..	1	2	..	..	2	5	1·21	7·37
North-east Valley .. ..	3,801	7	..	..	1	..	1	1	3	0·79	8·46
Roslyn .. .. ..	5,268	10	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·46
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,936	4	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	0·52	7·15
South Dunedin .. ..	5,713	13	1	1	..	1	..	2	5	0·87	12·10
West Harbour .. ..	1,546	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·31
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	54,632	102	2	4	18	3	3	16	46	0·84	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 438, against 473 in January—a decrease of 35. The deaths in February were 211, a decrease of 40 on the number in January. Of the total deaths, males contributed 103, females 108. Seventy-seven of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 36·49 per cent. of the whole number; 58 of these were under one year of age.

There were thirty-six deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Six men, 65, 66, 71, 77, 81, 83, and five women, 71, 72, 82, 83, 84, died at Auckland; six men, 66 (two), 67, 68, 71, 83, and three women, 65, 74, 77, at Wellington; four men, 68, 69, 75, 76, and two women, 68, 84, at Christchurch; and six men, 67, 68 (two), 74, 82, 84, and four women, 71, 74, 79, 82, 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 February, 1903.

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	9	3	5	2	4	1	3	4	31	14·69
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	2	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	5	2·37
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	6	5	..	5	..	6	3	13	38	18·01
V.	Developmental Diseases	..	4	3	3	4	1	1	1	17	8·06
VI.	Local Diseases ..	17	24	6	26	4	13	2	15	107	50·71
VII.	Violence .. ..	1	3	1	..	..	2	3	..	10	4·74
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	1·42
	Totals ..	38	40	15	36	12	24	12	34	211	100·00