New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 44

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✨ Vital Statistics

May 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1401

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1904.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN APRIL, 1904.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, April, 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	88	2	3	11	4	1	15	36	0·95	12·97
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,305	4	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·77	19·06
Devonport .. .. ..	4,753	5	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·42	9·16
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,149	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8·47
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	5,493	15	1	..	2	..	..	2	5	0·91	7·66
Parnell .. .. ..	4,900	11	1	..	..	1	..	..	2	0·41	14·38
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	56,361	123	5	3	14	5	1	18	46	0·82	12·23
Wellington .. .. ..	50,083	117	1	..	9	1	1	11	23	0·46	11·30
Karori .. .. ..	1,680	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·76
Onslow .. .. ..	1,810	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5·10
Totals Wellington and suburbs	53,573	130	1	..	9	1	1	11	23	0·44	10·93
Christchurch .. .. ..	48,737	98	7	1	14	7	..	12	41	0·84	11·39
Woolston .. .. ..	2,958	3	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·68	9·73
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban borough*	51,695	101	7	1	14	7	..	14	43	0·83	11·29
Dunedin .. .. ..	25,446	34	3	..	13	3	..	9	28	1·10	14·77
Caversham .. .. ..	5,599	7	2	..	4	2	..	3	11	1·96	17·56
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,752	3	..	..	..	1	..	2	3	1·71	13·38
Mornington .. .. ..	4,360	7	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·23	10·83
North-east Valley .. ..	4,025	8	1	..	..	1	..	..	2	0·50	9·71
Roslyn .. .. ..	5,587	8	1	..	3	..	..	2	6	1·07	9·91
St. Kilda .. .. ..	2,270	6	..	..	1	1	..	1	3	1·32	11·41
South Dunedin .. ..	6,018	15	1	..	2	1	..	..	4	0·66	5·46
West Harbour .. ..	1,572	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·64	4·49
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	56,629	91	9	..	24	9	..	17	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 445, against 532 in March—a decrease of 87. The deaths in April were 171, a decrease of 35 on the number in March. Of the total deaths, males contributed 87, females 84. Fifty of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 29·24 per cent. of the whole number; 44 of these were under one year of age.

There were forty deaths of persons of 65 years of age and upwards: Six men, 66, 74 (two), 75, 84, 88, and five women, 65, 73, 74, 76, 77, died at Auckland; one man, 69, and two women, 71, 72, at Wellington; seven men, 67 (two), 72, 73, 76, 85, 90, and four women, 68, 69 (two), 80, at Christchurch; and six men, 65, 66, 70, 74, 77, 80, and nine women, 65, 66, 70, 71, 74, 75 (two), 79, 84, 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 April, 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	2	5	1	2	4	1	5	3	23	13·45
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	1·17
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	2	8	..	9	3	7	..	7	36	21·05
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	1	1	..	1	1	6	2	13	7·60
VI.	Local Diseases ..	7	14	1	7	7	14	5	24	79	46·20
VII.	Violence .. ..	..	3	..	2	..	4	..	3	12	7·02
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	2	1	..	..	..	..	2	1	6	3·51
	Totals ..	14	32	3	20	15	28	18	41	171	100·00

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1904, No 44

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