New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 33

Page 1141

✨ Vital Statistics

APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1141

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of March, 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 March, 1904.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1904.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN MARCH, 1904.						Total Deaths.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, March, 1904.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population in the Year 1903.
			Males.			Females.
			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	99	4	2	13	4	..	8	31	0.82	12.97
Birkenhead	1,305	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	19.06
Devonport	4,753	15	1	..	1	..	1	1	4	0.84	9.16
Newmarket	2,149	3	1	..	3	..	..	..	4	1.86	8.47
Grey Lynn	5,493	22	2	..	1	2	..	2	7	1.27	7.66
Parnell	4,900	8	..	..	2	..	1	1	4	0.82	14.38
Other suburbs*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	56,361	148	8	3	20	7	2	12	50	0.89	12.23
Wellington	50,083	122	10	1	16	8	2	14	51	1.02	11.30
Karori	1,680	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5.76
Onslow	1,810	7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5.10
Totals Wellington and suburbs	53,573	136	10	1	16	8	2	14	51	0.95	10.93
Christchurch	48,737	118	11	1	11	7	1	13	44	0.90	11.39
Woolston	2,958	5	..	..	1	1	..	1	3	1.01	9.73
Other suburbs*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban boroughs*	51,695	123	11	1	12	8	1	14	47	0.91	11.29
Dunedin	25,446	56	5	..	15	2	..	10	32	1.26	14.77
Caversham	5,599	12	1	..	3	..	..	1	5	0.89	17.56
Maori Hill	1,752	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	13.38
Mornington	4,360	7	1	..	..	..	..	3	4	0.92	10.83
North-east Valley	4,025	11	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0.25	9.71
Roslyn	5,587	10	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0.36	9.91
St. Kilda	2,270	4	1	..	..	1	..	..	2	0.88	11.41
South Dunedin	6,018	19	8	1	3	..	..	..	12	1.99	5.46
West Harbour	1,572	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4.49
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	56,629	125	15	1	22	6	..	14	58	1.02	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 532, against 431 in February—an increase of 101. The deaths in March were 206, a decrease of 19 on the number in February. Of the total deaths, males contributed 120, females 86. Eighty-two of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 39.80 per cent. of the whole number; 73 of these were under one year of age.

There were forty-four deaths of persons of 65 years of age and upwards: Six men, 70, 71, 72, 73, 78, 79, and five women, 72, 73, 78 (two), 89, died at Auckland; five men, 66, 71, 72, 74, 85, and four women, 68 (two), 84 (two), at Wellington; six men, 66, 69, 71, 74, 78, 82, and five women, 66, 71, 72, 73, 75, at Christchurch; and seven men, 65, 66, 67, 70, 72, 78 (two), and six women, 67, 69, 74 (two), 77, 79, 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 March, 1904:

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	8	5	3	2	1	1	8	1	29	14.08
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	0.49
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	1	7	..	8	..	4	1	10	31	15.05
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	1	3	..	5	2	4	1	17	8.25
VI.	Local Diseases	5	13	14	18	11	18	8	22	109	52.91
VII.	Violence	1	6	..	2	..	1	..	2	12	5.82
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	2	..	1	..	4	..	..	..	7	3.40
	Totals	18	32	21	30	21	26	22	36	206	100.00