New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 5

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✨ Vital Statistics

Jan. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 179

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1902.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN DECEMBER, 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	11	6	25	10	7	14	73	2·07	13·10
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,057	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·52
Devonport .. .. ..	3,823	5	..	..	1	..	2	3	6	1·56	6·28
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,060	2	..	..	2	..	1	..	3	1·46	6·80
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	4,110	15	1	..	2	..	2	3	8	1·94	7·79
Parnell .. .. ..	4,603	22	2	..	2	..	1	..	5	1·09	9·86
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	50,937*	141	14	6	32	10	13	20	95	1·87	11·50
Wellington .. .. ..	43,638	93	10	2	26	6	2	17	63	1·44	10·66
Karori .. .. ..	1,217	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·82	5·77
Melrose .. .. ..	2,995	5	1	..	..	3	1	..	5	1·67	10·02
Onslow .. .. ..	1,499	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4·00
Totals Wellington and suburbs	49,349	105	11	2	27	9	3	17	69	1·40	10·29
Christchurch .. .. ..	17,538	56	..	..	3	..	..	8	11	0·62	13·11
Linwood .. .. ..	6,990	22	1	1	6	1	..	4	13	1·86	15·54
St. Albans .. .. ..	7,036	19	..	..	4	..	..	1	5	0·71	10·19
Sydenham .. .. ..	11,816	27	4	..	3	1	..	3	11	0·93	12·21
Woolston .. .. ..	2,532	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·39	12·24
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	45,912*	126	5	1	16	2	..	17	41	0·89	12·77
Dunedin .. .. ..	25,245	49	2	..	10	1	..	10	23	0·91	12·64
Caversham .. .. ..	5,266	12	1	..	3	..	1	2	7	1·33	20·70
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,648	8	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·61	10·75
Mornington .. .. ..	4,008	9	..	..	2	..	..	2	4	1·00	7·98
North-east Valley .. ..	3,657	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·28
Roslyn .. .. ..	4,863	7	..	..	4	..	..	2	6	1·24	7·64
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,872	5	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·53	8·47
South Dunedin .. ..	5,447	9	..	..	3	..	1	3	7	1·29	9·83
West Harbour .. ..	1,470	10	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·13
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	53,476	114	5	..	22	1	2	19	49	0·92	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 486, against 426 in November—an increase of 60. The deaths in December were 254, an increase of 33 on the number in November. Of the total deaths, males contributed 141, females 113. Eighty-four of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 33·07 per cent. of the whole number; 57 of these were under one year of age.

There were fifty-four deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Ten men, 67 (two), 68, 71, 72 (three), 75, 80, 85, and one woman, 75, died at Auckland; eleven men, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 79, 82, 92, and three women, 67, 70, 74, at Wellington; seven men, 67, 68, 70, 75, 76, 80, 82, and three women, 66, 69 (two), at Christchurch; and eleven men, 65, 67, 69, 71, 75, 76, 79, 83 (two), 85, 88, and eight women, 66, 68, 70, 71, 77, 78, 82, 89, 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 December, 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	21	6	8	2	2	1	2	3	45	17·72
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·39
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	0·39
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	14	3	16	1	9	..	5	49	19·29
V.	Developmental Diseases	6	2	6	4	1	2	1	6	28	11·03
VI.	Local Diseases ..	12	27	2	21	4	19	2	26	113	44·49
VII.	Violence .. ..	2	2	1	1	..	2	..	1	9	3·54
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	..	5	..	..	..	2	..	8	3·15
	Totals ..	43	52	25	44	8	33	8	41	254	100·00