New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 64

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1903. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JULY, 1903. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, July, 1903. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 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 .. .. .. 37,022 90 3 1 17 2 .. 10 33 0·89 17·21
Birkenhead .. .. .. 1,109 2 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·90 12·93
Devonport .. .. .. 4,417 11 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·23 8·98
Newmarket .. .. .. 2,104 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12·01
Grey Lynn .. .. .. 5,212 10 1 .. 2 .. .. 2 5 0·96 11·80
Parnell .. .. .. 4,834 11 .. .. 3 .. .. 3 6 1·24 11·49
Other suburbs* .. .. .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs* 54,698* 126 4 1 24 2 .. 15 46 0·84 15·27
Wellington .. .. .. 49,424 133 5 .. 26 4 1 16 52 1·05 12·41
Karori .. .. .. 1,443 4 .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 0·69 9·79
Onslow .. .. .. 1,723 7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9·00
Totals Wellington and suburbs 52,590 144 5 .. 26 5 1 16 53 1·01 12·24
Christchurch .. .. .. 46,625 97 3 1 17 5 1 21 48 1·03 12·21
Woolston .. .. .. 2,797 7 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 3 1·07 10·89
Other suburbs* .. .. .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs* 49,422* 104 3 1 18 5 1 23 51 1·03 12·14
Dunedin .. .. .. 25,214 40 2 1 20 1 .. 14 38 1·51 11·86
Caversham .. .. .. 5,335 15 .. .. 4 .. .. 2 6 1·12 20·19
Maori Hill .. .. .. 1,687 5 2 .. .. .. .. 1 3 1·78 11·74
Mornington .. .. .. 4,132 8 .. 1 1 .. .. 3 5 1·21 7·37
North-east Valley .. .. .. 3,801 7 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·53 8·46
Roslyn .. .. .. 5,268 15 .. .. 3 .. .. .. 3 0·57 6·46
St. Kilda .. .. .. 1,936 4 .. .. 2 .. .. 2 4 2·07 7·15
South Dunedin .. .. .. 5,713 16 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 0·17 12·10
West Harbour .. .. .. 1,546 3 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 0·65 5·31
Totals Dunedin and suburbs 54,632 113 4 2 32 1 1 23 63 1·15 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 487, against 454 in June—an increase of 33. The deaths in July were 213, a decrease of 4 on the number in June. Of the total deaths, males contributed 120, females 93. Thirty-six of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 16·90 per cent. of the whole number; 29 of these were under one year of age.

There were sixty-nine deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Six men, 66, 69, 73 (two), 75, 77, and five women, 68, 71, 73, 74 (two), died at Auckland; six men, 65 (two), 69, 73, 80, 92, and six women, 65, 66, 75, 79 (two), 91, at Wellington; twelve men, 66 (two), 67, 69, 76, 77, 78, 82, 85, 86 (two), 97, and nine women, 66, 67 (two), 69, 72, 77, 78, 79, 80, at Christchurch; and eleven men, 65 (two), 69, 70, 72, 73, 76 (three), 84, 87, and fourteen women, 65, 66, 67, 69, 74, 75 (two), 76, 78, 80, 81 (two), 82 (two), 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 July, 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 2 2 .. 2 .. 3 1 1 11 5·16
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 2 0·94
IV. Constitutional Diseases 1 10 2 9 1 10 1 12 46 21·60
V. Developmental Diseases 2 2 1 4 1 5 2 9 26 12·21
VI. Local Diseases .. 1 20 5 24 5 23 3 31 112 52·58
VII. Violence .. .. .. 5 .. 2 1 .. .. 1 9 4·22
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 1 .. 3 .. 2 .. 1 .. 7 3·29
Totals .. 7 39 11 42 10 41 8 55 213 100·00


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