New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 86

Page 2409

✨ Vital Statistics

Nov. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2409

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1903.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN OCTOBER, 1903.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, October, 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	84	..	..	16	5	..	15	36	0·97	17·21
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,109	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12·93
Devonport .. .. ..	4,417	10	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	0·45	8·98
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,104	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12·01
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	5,212	8	..	..	1	1	..	2	4	0·77	11·80
Parnell .. .. ..	4,834	13	1	..	3	..	1	2	7	1·45	11·49
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	54,698*	127	1	..	21	7	1	19	49	0·90	15·27
Wellington .. .. ..	49,424	117	7	1	13	4	1	20	46	0·93	12·41
Karori .. .. ..	1,443	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·69	9·79
Onslow .. .. ..	1,723	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·00
Totals Wellington and suburbs	52,590	124	7	1	13	4	1	21	47	0·89	12·24
Christchurch .. .. ..	46,625	129	4	..	24	..	2	20	50	1·07	12·21
Woolston .. .. ..	2,797	10	..	..	3	..	..	2	5	1·79	10·89
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	49,422*	139	4	..	27	..	2	22	55	1·11	12·14
Dunedin .. .. ..	25,214	52	6	..	19	5	2	11	43	1·71	11·86
Caversham .. .. ..	5,335	20	3	..	6	..	..	4	13	2·44	20·19
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,687	2	..	..	1	..	..	3	4	2·38	11·74
Mornington .. .. ..	4,132	7	..	..	1	..	..	3	4	0·97	7·37
North-east Valley .. ..	3,801	9	2	..	..	1	..	3	6	1·58	8·46
Roslyn .. .. ..	5,268	14	1	..	1	..	..	3	5	0·95	6·46
St. Kilda .. .. ..	1,936	7	..	..	..	2	1	..	3	1·55	7·15
South Dunedin .. ..	5,713	14	..	..	4	..	..	2	6	1·06	12·10
West Harbour .. ..	1,546	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·31
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	54,632	131	12	..	32	8	3	29	84	1·54	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 521, against 524 in September—a decrease of 3. The deaths in October were 235, an increase of 5 on the number in September. Of the total deaths, males contributed 118, females 117. Fifty-one of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 21·70 per cent. of the whole number; 43 of these were under one year of age.

There were fifty-nine deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Eight men, 67 (two), 69 (two), 71, 73, 83, 87, and five women, 68 (two), 70, 75, 79, died at Auckland; six men, 66, 70, 74, 80, 84 (two), and five women, 83 (two), 85 (two) 87, at Wellington; ten men, 68 (two), 69 (two), 71, 74, 75, 80, 81, 82, and seven women, 66, 68, 74, 75, 78, 82, 83, at Christchurch; and seven men, 74 (three), 77, 79, 84, 89, and eleven women, 65, 67 (two), 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 (two), 84, 86, 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 October, 1903.

GROUP	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	4	1	3	..	2	3	1	15	6·38
II.	Parasitic Diseases	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·43
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	1	..	1	..	2	..	2	6	2·55
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	7	1	7	1	15	..	21	53	22·56
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	1	4	4	1	4	5	5	25	10·64
VI.	Local Diseases	3	25	5	18	4	25	13	32	125	53·19
VII.	Violence	..	1	..	1	..	1	1	..	4	1·70
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	2	1	2	..	..	..	1	..	6	2·55
	Totals ..	9	40	13	34	6	49	23	61	235	100·00