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JULY 23.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Vital Statistics.
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of June, 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 June, 1903.
| Boroughs. | ESTIMATED POPULATION JANUARY, 1903. | TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. | DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 1903. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 1903. | Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in Year 1902. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total Deaths. | |||
| Under 1 Year. | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 Years and over. | |||
| Auckland | 37,022 | 116 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| Birkenhead | 1,109 | -2 | 1 | - | - |
| Devonport | 4,417 | 12 | - | - | 2 |
| Newmarket | 2,104 | 5 | - | - | 1 |
| Grey Lynn | 5,212 | 11 | 1 | - | - |
| Parnell | 4,834 | 11 | - | - | - |
| Other suburbs* | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs* | 54,698* | 157 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| Wellington | 49,424 | 116 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| Karori | 1,443 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Onslow | 1,723 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Totals Wellington and suburbs | 52,590 | 121 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| Christchurch | 46,625 | 96 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| Woolston | 2,797 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Other suburbs* | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs* | 49,422* | 102 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| Dunedin | 25,214 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Caversham | 5,335 | 9 | 1 | - | 7 |
| Maori Hill | 1,687 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Mornington | 4,132 | 6 | 1 | - | 3 |
| North-east Valley | 3,801 | 8 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Roslyn | 5,268 | 7 | - | - | 3 |
| St. Kilda | 1,936 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| South Dunedin | 5,713 | 8 | - | - | - |
| West Harbour | 1,546 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Totals Dunedin and suburbs | 54,632 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 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 454, against 458 in May—a decrease of 4. The deaths in June were 217, an increase of 31 on the number in May. Of the total deaths, males contributed 124, females 93. Sixty-eight of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 31·34 per cent. of the whole number; 57 of these were under one year of age.
There were fifty-two deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Nine men, 65, 69 (two), 70 (two), 71, 73, 77, 78, and seven women, 74, 78, 80, 84, 86, 90, 92, died at Auckland; three men, 65, 80, 83, and three women, 66, 68, 73, at Wellington; four men, 65, 71, 75, 77, and five women, 73, 75, 82, 84, 93, at Christchurch; and ten men, 66 (two), 68, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 80, 94, and eleven women, 65, 69 (two), 70 (two), 72 (two), 78, 82, 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 June, 1903.
| 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. & over. | Under 5 Years. & over. | Under 5 Years. & over. | Under 5 Years. & over. | |||
| I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| II. Parasitic Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| III. Dietetic Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| IV. Constitutional Diseases | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| V. Developmental Diseases | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 28 |
| VI. Local Diseases | 13 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 119 |
| VII. Violence | 2 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes | 2 | - | 4 | - | 2 | 9 |
| Totals | 24 | 38 | 16 | 31 | 38 | 10 |
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