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✨ Vital Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1903.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1903.								Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 1903.
			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	92	1	..	13	3	..	14	31	0·84	17·21
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,109	4	1	..	2	..	..	..	3	2·71	12·93
Devonport .. .. ..	4,417	15	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·45	8·98
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,104	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12·01
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	5,212	13	..	..	2	..	..	2	4	0·77	11·80
Parnell .. .. ..	4,834	9	2	..	4	..	..	3	9	1·86	11·49
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	54,698*	135	4	..	22	3	..	20	49	0·90	15·27
Wellington .. .. ..	49,424	103	4	..	20	5	..	10	39	0·79	12·41
Karori .. .. ..	1,443	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·69	9·79
Onslow .. .. ..	1,723	6	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	1·16	9·00
Totals Wellington and suburbs	52,590	111	4	..	21	6	..	11	42	0·80	12·24
Christchurch .. .. ..	46,625	125	9	2	12	3	1	19	46	0·99	12·21
Woolston .. .. ..	2,797	6	..	1	1	..	..	1	3	1·07	10·89
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	49,422*	131	9	3	13	3	1	20	49	0·99	12·14
Dunedin .. .. ..	25,214	44	..	3	13	2	..	14	32	1·27	11·86
Caversham .. .. ..	5,335	11	..	..	3	..	..	1	4	0·75	20·19
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,687	4	..	..	3	..	..	..	3	1·78	11·74
Mornington .. .. ..	4,132	5	..	1	..	..	..	1	2	0·48	7·37
North-east Valley .. ..	3,801	12	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	0·53	8·46
Roslyn .. .. ..	5,268	9	1	..	1	..	..	2	4	0·76	6·46
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,936	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·15
South Dunedin .. ..	5,713	13	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12·10
West Harbour .. ..	1,546	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·65	5·31
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	54,632	105	1	4	22	3	..	18	49	0·88	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 482, against 487 in July—a decrease of 5. The deaths in August were 188, a decrease of 25 on the number in July. Of the total deaths, males contributed 103, females 85. Forty-one of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 21·81 per cent. of the whole number; 33 of these were under one year of age.

There were fifty deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Eight men, 66, 68, 69 (two), 71, 77, 79, 88, and six women, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 80, died at Auckland; nine men, 67, 68 (two), 72, 73 (three), 74, 100, and six women, 65, 69, 70, 79, 83, 85, at Wellington; seven men, 66, 70, 71, 74 (two), 76, 85, and two women, 72, 83, at Christchurch; and eight men, 67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 82, and four women, 68, 74, 81, 82, 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 August, 1903.

No.	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	1	3	1	..	3	2	2	2	14	7·45
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	9	..	4	..	8	..	11	32	17·02
V.	Developmental Diseases	3	3	..	2	2	2	1	..	13	6·91
VI.	Local Diseases	2	26	3	22	10	21	3	23	110	58·51
VII.	Violence	..	..	1	4	..	..	2	4	11	5·85
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	1	1	5	..	1	..	..	..	8	4·26
	Totals	7	42	10	32	16	33	8	40	188	100·00