New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 26

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of February, 1904:—

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 February, 1904.

BOROUGHS. ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1904. TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS. DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN FEBRUARY, 1904. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, February, 1904. Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 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 .. .. .. 37,761 78 7 .. 5 4 1 6 23 0·61 12·97
Birkenhead .. .. .. 1,305 6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19·06
Devonport .. .. .. 4,753 6 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·42 9·16
Newmarket .. .. .. 2,149 4 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 0·93 8·47
Grey Lynn .. .. .. 5,493 11 1 .. .. 2 .. 3 6 1·09 7·66
Parnell .. .. .. 4,900 11 1 .. .. 1 1 1 4 0·82 14·38
Other suburbs* .. .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs* 56,361 116 9 .. 7 7 2 12 37 0·66 12·23
Wellington .. .. .. 50,083 109 15 1 23 10 1 13 63 1·26 11·30
Karori .. .. .. 1,680 2 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 2 1·19 5·76
Onslow .. .. .. 1,810 4 2 .. .. .. .. .. 2 1·10 5·10
Totals Wellington and suburbs 53,573 115 17 1 24 10 1 14 67 1·25 10·93
Christchurch .. .. .. 48,737 89 10 3 16 15 1 10 55 1·13 11·39
Woolston .. .. .. 2,958 4 2 .. .. 2 .. 3 7 2·37 9·73
Other suburbs* .. .. * .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs* 51,695 93 12 3 16 17 1 13 62 1·20 11·29
Dunedin .. .. .. 25,446 52 8 .. 15 .. .. 12 35 1·38 14·77
Caversham .. .. .. 5,599 13 2 .. 3 .. .. 2 7 1·25 17·56
Maori Hill .. .. .. 1,752 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13·38
Mornington .. .. .. 4,360 5 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 3 0·69 10·83
North-east Valley .. .. 4,025 6 1 .. .. .. .. 3 4 0·99 9·71
Roslyn .. .. .. 5,587 11 .. .. 2 .. .. 2 4 0·72 9·91
St. Kilda .. .. .. 2,270 4 .. .. 1 1 .. 1 3 1·32 11·41
South Dunedin .. .. 6,018 11 1 .. 2 .. .. .. 3 0·50 5·46
West Harbour .. .. 1,572 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4·49
Totals Dunedin and suburbs 56,629 107 12 .. 25 1 .. 21 59 1·04 12·47

*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 431, against 510 in January—a decrease of 79. The deaths in February were 225, an increase of 8 on the number in January. Of the total deaths, males contributed 126, females 99. Ninety-three of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 41·33 per cent. of the whole number; 85 of these were under one year of age.

There were thirty-one deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Three men, 68, 72, 80, and four women, 73, 76, 77, 87, died at Auckland; five men, 67, 68 (two), 72, 96, and four women, 66, 80, 94, 101, at Wellington; four men, 67, 78, 86, 87, and three women, 76, 81, 92, at Christchurch; and ten men, 67, 68, 70, 71, 75, 77 (two), 78, 80, 82, and five women, 67, 68, 69, 74, 85, 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 February, 1904.

CLASS. 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 6 .. 14 4 7 2 3 2 38 16·89
II. Parasitic Diseases .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
III. Dietetic Diseases .. .. .. .. 2 1 .. .. .. 3 1·33
IV. Constitutional Diseases 1 6 1 6 1 6 .. 9 30 13·33
V. Developmental Diseases 2 2 4 1 2 2 5 .. 18 8·00
VI. Local Diseases .. 6 10 7 21 16 19 4 30 112 49·78
VII. Violence .. .. .. .. .. 3 2 1 .. 5 11 4·89
VIII. Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes 3 1 3 1 4 .. 1 .. 13 5·78
Totals .. 18 19 29 38 33 29 13 46 225 100·00


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Vital Statistics, Births, Deaths, Mortality, Population, Boroughs, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Infant mortality, Causes of death