New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 60

Page 1745

✨ Vital Statistics

JULY 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1745

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1904.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JUNE, 1904.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, June, 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	97	4	4	16	4	1	23	52	1·38	12·97
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,305	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	19·06
Devonport .. .. ..	4,753	10	..	..	..	..	..	5	5	1·05	9·16
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,149	4	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·47	8·47
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	5,493	19	1	..	1	..	..	2	4	0·73	7·66
Parnell .. .. ..	4,900	10	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·41	14·38
Other suburbs* .. .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	56,361	145	5	4	18	4	1	32	64	1·14	12·23
Wellington .. .. ..	50,083	117	5	1	22	7	..	19	54	1·08	11·30
Karori .. .. ..	1,680	4	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·60	5·76
Onslow .. .. ..	1,810	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·55	5·10
Totals Wellington and suburbs	53,573	123	6	1	22	7	..	20	56	1·05	10·93
Christchurch .. .. ..	48,737	119	1	1	19	2	1	16	40	0·82	11·39
Woolston .. .. ..	2,958	5	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·34	9·73
Other suburbs* .. .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban borough*	51,695	124	1	1	19	2	1	17	41	0·79	11·29
Dunedin .. .. ..	25,446	41	1	1	16	1	2	10	31	1·22	14·77
Caversham .. .. ..	5,599	25	2	..	5	2	1	4	14	2·50	17·56
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,752	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·57	13·38
Mornington .. .. ..	4,360	8	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	0·46	10·83
North-east Valley .. .. ..	4,025	10	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9·71
Roslyn .. .. ..	5,587	12	..	..	2	..	..	1	3	0·54	9·91
St. Kilda .. .. ..	2,270	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·44	11·41
South Dunedin .. .. ..	6,018	12	..	..	4	..	..	4	8	1·33	5·46
West Harbour .. .. ..	1,572	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·64	4·49
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	56,629	112	4	1	29	3	3	21	61	1·08	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 504, against 477 in May—an increase of 27. The deaths in June were 222, an increase of 49 on the number in May. Of the total deaths, males contributed 111, females 111. Forty-four of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 19·82 per cent. of the whole number; 32 of these were under one year of age.

There were seventy-eight deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Ten men, 65, 68 (two), 69, 70, 72, 74, 77, 83, 85, and sixteen women, 67, 72 (two), 73 (two), 76 (two), 77 (three), 78, 81, 83, 84 (two), 90, died at Auckland; six men, 67 (two), 68, 69, 80, 85, and six women, 67, 68, 70, 72, 77, 82, at Wellington; nine men, 67, 70, 72, 73, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, and seven women, 65 (two), 68, 71, 72, 76, 85, at Christchurch; and sixteen men, 65, 66, 68 (two), 72, 74, 75, 77 (two), 79 (two), 80 (two), 82 (two), 83, and eight women, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74 (two), 76, 78, 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 June, 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	3	2	1	4	..	..	..	2	12	5·41
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	0·90
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	11	..	7	..	11	2	12	43	19·37
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	10	4	..	3	1	1	4	25	11·26
VI.	Local Diseases ..	5	25	6	28	2	21	6	28	121	54·50
VII.	Violence ..	1	1	..	3	..	2	1	3	11	4·96
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	3	1	3	..	..	..	1	..	8	3·60
	Totals ..	14	50	14	42	5	36	11	50	222	100·00