New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 17

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✨ Vital Statistics Report



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

Vital Statistics of Chief Cities, Year 1903.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Four Chief Towns of New Zealand for the Year 1903:—

RETURN of the Number of Births, with the Actual Mortality of Males and Females, and the Proportion of Births and Deaths to Population, in the undermentioned Boroughs, during the Year 1903.

BOROUGHS. Population of Principal Boroughs, with all their Suburbs, Census, March, 1901. Estimated Mean Population of Boroughs, 1903. Births registered in 1903. Proportion of Births to the 1,000 of Population. DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1903. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population.
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 .. 37,391 1,184 31·67 71 16 167 72 16 143* 485 12·97
Birkenhead .. 1,207 42 34·80 10 .. 8 .. .. 5 23 19·06
Devonport .. 4,585 132 28·79 6 1 15 5 1 14 42 9·16
Newmarket .. 2,126 43 20·23 4 2 6 1 1 4 18 8·47
Grey Lynn .. 5,352 143 26·72 7 1 13 9 1 10 41 7·66
Parnell .. 4,867 127 26·09 11 .. 26 7 5 21 70. 14·38
Other suburbs* .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs .. 55,528 1,671 30·09 109 20 235 94 24 197 679 12·23
Wellington .. 49,754 1,454 29·22 82 19 209 53 6 193 562 11·30
Karori .. 1,562 23 14·72 2 .. 2 2 1 2 9 5·76
Onslow .. 1,766 43 24·35 1 .. 2 1 .. 5 9 5·10
Totals Wellington and suburbs .. 53,082 1,520 28·63 85 19 213 56 7 200 580 10·93
Christchurch .. 47,681 1,268 26·59 74 18 183. 59 18 191 543 11·39
Woolston .. 2,877 85 29·54 1 1 9 2 3* 12 28 9·73
Other suburbs* .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs .. 50,558 1,353 26·76 75 19 192 61 21 203 571 11·29
Dunedin .. 25,330 495 19·54 22 8 176 14 6 148 374 14·77
Caversham .. 5,467 158 28·90 6 .. 61 4 .. 25 96 17·56
Maori Hill.. 1,719 42 24·43 3 .. 7 2 .. 11 23 13·38
Mornington .. 4,246 89 20·96 2 4 14 2 .. 24 46 10·83
North-east Valley .. 3,913 92 23·51 4 .. 11 5 2 16 38 9·71
Roslyn .. 5,428 116 21·37 3 2 22 2 2 23 54 9·91
St. Kilda .. 2,103 65 30·91 2 2 9 3 2 6 24 11·41
South Dunedin .. 5,866 171 29·15 1 2 14 4 .. 11 32 5·46
West Harbour .. 1,559 40 25·66 .. .. 4 .. 1 2 7 4·49
Totals Dunedin and suburbs .. 55,631 1,268 22·79 43 18 318 36 13 266 694 12·47
Grand totals .. .. .. 5,812 27·06 (mean) 312 76 958 247 65 866 2,524 11·75 (mean)
  • The remaining suburbs do not lie within borough boundaries, and particulars respecting them have not been obtained for the Vital Statistics.

Deaths occurring at hospitals have been omitted, except where deceased had previously resided in one or other of the above boroughs, in which case the death is counted against the borough of residence.

TABLE showing in Classes the Number of Deaths of Persons of both Sexes under 5 Years of Age and 5 Years and upwards, and the Proportion per Cent. of Deaths in each Class, in the Boroughs above given, registered during the Year 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 and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over. Under 5 Years. 5 Years and over.
I. Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases 60 26 34 18 33 25 20 40 256 10·14
II. Parasitic Diseases .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 2 0·08
III. Dietetic Diseases .. 7 4 .. 5 .. 6 .. 12 34 1·35
IV. Constitutional Diseases 19 92 9 110 4 92 9 153 488 19·34
V. Developmental Diseases 19 40 29 27 38 40 21 44 258 10·22
VI. Local Diseases .. 104 235 62 226 75 216 39 310 1,267 50·20
VII. Violence .. 5 32 9 25 3 15 7 25 121 4·79
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 32 3 24 1 23 1 14 .. 98 3·88
Totals .. 247 432 167 413 176 395 110 584 2,524 100·00


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