New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 78

Page 2279

✨ Vital Statistics Report

Sept. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2279

Vital Statistics.

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

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1904.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN AUGUST, 1904.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, August, 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	118	3	1	12	2	1	18	37	0·98	12·97
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,305	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	19·06
Devonport .. .. ..	4,753	13	..	..	3	1	..	3	7	1·47	9·16
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,149	5	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·47	8·47
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	5,493	18	..	..	1	1	..	1	3	0·55	7·66
Parnell .. .. ..	4,900	7	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	0·41	14·38
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	56,361	163	4	1	16	4	2	23	50	0·89	12·23
Wellington .. .. ..	50,083	115	2	4	26	2	1	13	48	0·96	11·30
Karori .. .. ..	1,680	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	0·60	5·76
Onslow .. .. ..	1,810	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·55	5·10
Totals Wellington and suburbs	53,573	120	3	4	26	2	1	14	50	0·93	10·93
Christchurch .. .. ..	48,737	109	5	..	25	3	1	18	52	1·07	11·39
Woolston .. .. ..	2,958	10	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	1·01	9·73
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban borough*	51,695	119	5	..	26	3	1	20	55	1·06	11·29
Dunedin .. .. ..	25,446	48	2	..	14	..	1	10	27	1·06	14·77
Caversham .. .. ..	5,599	18	..	..	6	1	..	2	9	1·61	17·56
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,752	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	13·38
Mornington .. .. ..	4,360	6	1	..	2	..	..	2	5	1·14	10·83
North-east Valley .. ..	4,025	14	1	..	..	..	..	1	2	0·50	9·71
Roslyn .. .. ..	5,587	19	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·36	9·91
St. Kilda .. .. ..	2,270	3	..	..	1	..	..	1	2	0·88	11·41
South Dunedin .. ..	6,018	15	..	..	2	..	..	..	2	0·33	5·46
West Harbour .. ..	1,572	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·64	4·49
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	56,629	128	4	..	26	1	1	18	50	0·88	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 530, against 506 in July—an increase of 24. The deaths in August were 205, a decrease of 25 on the number in July. Of the total deaths, males contributed 115, females 90. Thirty-six of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 17·56 per cent. of the whole number; 26 of these were under one year of age.

There were sixty-five deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Seven men, 65, 70, 72, 73, 75, 79, 82, and ten women, 65, 66, 68, 70 (two), 72, 76, 77, 80 (two), died at Auckland; eleven men, 67 (three), 70, 73 (four), 80 (two), 88 and three women, 75, 82, 84, at Wellington; six men, 65, 66, 70 (two), 75, 82, and eleven women, 66 (two), 67, 71, 72, 73, 78, 83, 84 (two), 88, at Christchurch; and twelve men, 68, 72, 73 (two), 74, 76, 77 (two), 78 (two), 87, 88, and five women, 65, 70, 72, 74, 77, 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 August, 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.
I.	Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases	2	1	..	2	..	1
II.	Parasitic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	8	..	4	..	12
V.	Developmental Diseases	2	3	2	5	1	4
VI.	Local Diseases ..	6	25	7	27	6	25
VII.	Violence .. ..	1	2	1	2	1	4
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	..	..	..	..	1	..
	Totals ..	11	39	10	40	9	46