New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 39

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✨ Vital Statistics

1212 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 39

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1903.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	Deaths in Boroughs Registered in April, 1903: Males Under 1 Year.	Deaths in Boroughs Registered in April, 1903: Males 1 & under 5 Years.	Deaths in Boroughs Registered in April, 1903: Males 5 Years and over.	Deaths in Boroughs Registered in April, 1903: Females Under 1 Year.	Deaths in Boroughs Registered in April, 1903: Females 1 & under 5 Years.	Deaths in Boroughs Registered in April, 1903: Females 5 Years and over.	Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 1903.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1902.
Auckland	37,022	97	5	1	18	8	..	9	41	1.11	17.21
Birkenhead	1,109	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12.93
Devonport	4,417	12	1	..	1	..	..	2	4	0.91	8.98
Newmarket	2,104	1	..	..	2	..	1	1	4	1.90	12.01
Grey Lynn	5,212	18	3	..	..	1	..	..	4	0.77	11.80
Parnell	4,834	15	..	..	..	2	..	2	4	0.83	11.49
Other suburbs*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	54,698*	147	9	1	21	11	1	14	57	1.04	15.27

Wellington	49,424	118	5	1	16	1	..	13	36	0.73	12.41
Karori	1,443	2	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	0.69	9.79
Onslow	1,723	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9.00
Totals Wellington and suburbs	52,590	120	5	1	16	1	1	13	37	0.70	12.24

Christchurch	46,625	88	5	5	12	9	1	14	46	0.99	12.21
Woolston	2,797	10	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0.72	10.89
Other suburbs*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	49,422*	98	5	5	14	9	1	14	48	0.97	12.14

Dunedin	25,214	45	2	..	16	1	1	14	34	1.35	11.86
Caversham	5,335	14	..	..	3	..	1	1	5	0.94	20.19
Maori Hill	1,637	5	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0.59	11.74
Mornington	4,132	8	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	0.48	7.37
North-east Valley	3,801	5	..	..	..	1	..	2	3	0.79	8.46
Roslyn	5,268	8	..	..	1	1	..	4	6	1.14	6.46
St. Kilda	1,936	5	..	..	1	1	..	1	3	1.55	7.15
South Dunedin	5,713	9	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0.35	12.10
West Harbour	1,546	2	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	0.65	5.31
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	54,682	101	2	..	22	6	3	24	57	1.04	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 466, against 489 in March—a decrease of 23. The deaths in April were 199, a decrease of 40 on the number in March. Of the total deaths, males contributed 101, females 98. Sixty-one of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 30.65 per cent. of the whole number; 48 of these were under one year of age.

There were forty-eight deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Twelve men, 65, 67, 68, 70 (two), 73, 76, 81, 82, 83, 84, 87, and four women, 65, 70, 74, 83, died at Auckland; three men, 67, 70 (two), and four women, 68, 70, 72, 80, at Wellington; three men, 73, 78, 84, and seven women, 65 (two), 73, 78, 79, 81, 88, at Christchurch; and six men, 68, 70, 75, 78, 80, 88, and nine women, 65, 71, 72, 73, 75, 78, 81, 83, 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 April, 1903.

CLASSES.	CAUSES OF DEATH.	AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: Under 5 Years.	AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: 5 Years & over.	WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: Under 5 Years.	WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: 5 Years & over.	CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: Under 5 Years.	CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: 5 Years & over.	DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: Under 5 Years.	DUNEDIN AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS: 5 Years & over.	TOTAL.	PROPORTIONS PER CENT.
I.	Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases	1	2	..	3	6	4	4	2	22	11.05
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	2	1	..	..	..	1	..	1	5	2.51
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	7	..	10	..	3	1	13	35	17.59
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	7	..	..	4	4	1	5	22	11.05
VI.	Local Diseases	15	14	8	14	8	13	2	24	94	47.24
VII.	Violence	..	4	..	2	..	3	..	1	12	6.03
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	2	..	..	..	2	..	3	..	9	4.53
	Totals	22	35	8	29	20	28	11	46	199	100.00