New Zealand Gazette – 1905 – No. 25

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✨ Vital Statistics Report

Mar. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 725

Vital Statistics.

REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S Report on the Vital Statistics of the Principal Towns of New Zealand during the Month of January, 1905:—

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 January, 1905.

BOROUGHS.	ESTIMATED POPULATION, JANUARY, 1905.	TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGHS.	DEATHS IN BOROUGHS REGISTERED IN JANUARY, 1905.							Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Population, January, 1905.	Proportion of Deaths to the 1,000 of Mean Population in the Year 1904.
			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 .. .. ..	38,377	97	9	..	20	2	1	13	45	1·17	11·11
Birkenhead .. .. ..	1,341	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6·05
Devonport .. .. ..	5,056	9	..	..	3	..	..	1	4	0·79	7·34
Newmarket .. .. ..	2,244	3	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·45	9·11
Grey Lynn .. .. ..	5,417	12	1	..	1	..	..	1	3	0·55	9·35
Parnell .. .. ..	5,105	10	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	0·39	8·59
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Auckland and suburban boroughs*	57,540	131	10	..	24	2	1	18	55	0·96	10·20
Wellington .. .. ..	53,900	153	5	2	21	6	1	9	44	0·82	10·75
Karori .. .. ..	1,953	2	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·51	4·40
Onslow .. .. ..	1,810	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7·18
Totals Wellington and suburbs	57,663	155	5	2	22	6	1	9	45	0·78	10·43
Christchurch .. .. ..	48,767	110	6	2	22	8	1	11	50	1·02	10·50
Woolston .. .. ..	3,004	11	1	..	1	..	..	1	3	1·00	9·39
Other suburbs* .. ..	*	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals Christchurch and suburban borough*	51,771	121	7	2	23	8	1	12	53	1·02	10·44
Dunedin .. .. ..	31,688	67	1	..	14	..	..	7	22	0·69	14·60
Maori Hill .. .. ..	1,876	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	0·53	8·27
Mornington .. .. ..	4,400	9	..	..	1	..	..	2	3	0·68	8·45
North-east Valley .. ..	4,423	8	..	1	1	..	..	2	4	0·90	7·34
Roslyn .. .. ..	5,783	7	..	..	2	..	..	3	5	0·86	7·39
St. Kilda .. .. ..	2,738	3	..	..	..	2	..	..	2	0·73	10·78
South Dunedin .. ..	6,433	18	1	..	2	1	..	2	6	0·93	10·12
West Harbour .. ..	1,597	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	0·63	6·31
Totals Dunedin and suburbs	58,938	112	2	1	21	3	..	17	44	0·95	11·82

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 519, against 514 in December—an increase of 5. The deaths in January were 197, an increase of 19 on the number in December. Of the total deaths, males contributed 119, females 78. Fifty-one of the deaths were of children under five years of age, being 21·83 per cent. of the whole number; 43 of these were under one year of age.

There were sixty deaths of persons of 65 years and upwards: Seven men, 65, 70, 75, 77, 80, 81, 84, and eight women, 65 (two), 72, 75, 76, 78, 79, 85, died at Auckland; eleven men, 65, 67, 68, 70, 74, 77, 80, 82, 87, 88, 92; and four women, 67, 70 (two), 76, at Wellington; five men, 65, 68, 72 (two), 82, and six women, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 74, at Christchurch; and fourteen men, 66, 67 (two), 69, 70 (two), 72, 74, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 88, and five women, 66, 70, 74, 77, 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 January, 1905.

CLASS.	CAUSES OF DEATH.	AUCKLAND AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.	WELLINGTON AND SUBURBAN BOROUGHS.	CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBAN BOROUGH.	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	3	..	1	1	3	2
II.	Parasitic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..
III.	Dietetic Diseases	..	..	..	1	1	1
IV.	Constitutional Diseases	..	9	..	5	1	18
V.	Developmental Diseases	1	7	3	5	6	1
VI.	Local Diseases	6	21	5	17	6	17
VII.	Violence	..	5	4	2	..	1
VIII.	Ill-defined and Not-specified Causes	3	..	1	..	1	..
	Totals	13	42	14	31	18	35