New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 28

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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

Vital Statistics.

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

Returns 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 March, 1903.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1903.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN MARCH, 1903.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, March, 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	100	8	3	11	7	3	15	47	1·27	17·21
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,109	4	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	1·80	12·93
Devonport .. .. ..	4,417	8	1	..	1	..	..	3	5	1·13	8·98
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,104	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·48	12·01
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	5,212	11	2	..	..	..	..	..	2	0·38	11·80
Parnell .. .. ..	4,834	4	1	..	1	1	..	1	4	0·83	11·49
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	54,698*	128	15	3	13	8	3	19	61	1·12	15·27
Wellington .. .. ..	45,419	125	8	2	12	4	2	24	52	1·14	12·58
Karori .. .. ..	1,443	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·79
Melrose .. .. ..	4,005	10	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	0·50	10·29
Onslow .. .. ..	1,723	3	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·58	9·00
Totals Wellington and suburbs	52,590	139	8	2	13	5	2	25	55	1·05	12·24
Christchurch .. .. ..	19,079	52	7	1	6	9	2	7	32	1·68	12·24
Linwood .. .. ..	7,333	18	1	..	2	2	..	2	7	0·95	16·06
St. Albans .. .. ..	7,539	13	2	..	4	..	..	2	8	1·06	10·04
Sydenham .. .. ..	12,679	29	3	2	4	2	..	1	12	0·95	11·21
Woolston .. .. ..	2,797	8	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	0·72	10·89
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	49,422*	120	13	3	16	14	2	13	61	1·23	12·14
Dunedin .. .. ..	25,214	32	2	..	14	1	..	16	33	1·31	11·86
Caversham .. .. ..	5,335	14	..	..	8	1	..	4	13	2·44	20·19
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,687	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·59	11·74
Mornington .. .. ..	4,132	12	..	..	2	..	..	4	6	1·45	7·37
North-east Valley .. ..	3,801	13	..	..	2	1	..	..	3	0·79	8·46
Roslyn .. .. ..	5,268	12	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·57	6·46
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,936	5	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	1·03	7·15
South Dunedin .. ..	5,713	8	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·17	12·10
West Harbour .. ..	1,546	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·31
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	54,632	102	3	1	28	3	..	27	62	1·13	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 57,226 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 489, against 438 in February—an increase of 51. The deaths in March were 239, an increase of 28 on the number in February. Of the total deaths, males contributed 118, females 121. Eighty-five of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 35·56 per cent. of the whole number; 69 of these were under one year of age.

There were fifty-two deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Five men, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, and seven women, 66, 73, 77, 79, 80, 87, 88, died at Auckland; four men, 68 (two), 72 (two), and three women, 74, 81, 96, at Wellington; six men, 77 (two), 79, 81, 83, 87, and seven women, 68, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 82, at Christchurch; and twelve men, 66, 68, 71 (two), 72 (two), 73, 77, 81, 83, 86, 88, and eight women, 66, 67, 72, 74, 76, 78, 82, 85, 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 March, 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	5	6	2	5	4	1	12	44	18·41
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	3	1·25
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	4	7	..	13	1	6	1	12	44	18·41
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	4	2	2	7	4	1	2	23	9·62
VI.	Local Diseases	13	14	5	20	11	14	2	24	103	43·10
VII.	Violence	..	2	1	1	..	1	..	3	8	3·35
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	..	3	..	8	..	2	..	14	5·86
	Totals	29	32	17	38	32	29	7	55	239	100·00